0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Arm · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Arm
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single home in South Arm has a motor vehicle, making it a highly car-dependent area. With no public transport services available, residents rely entirely on private cars or working from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household in the area owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most homes have two or three vehicles, with about 7.8% of households owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Arm, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of the workforce drives to work, while 25.6% work from home, a figure well above the national average. No one in the area uses public transport to get to their job.
25.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in South Arm, which is far below the New South Wales average for service access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 89 minutes, one of the longest distances recorded for areas of this type.
89
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in South Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13590/south-arm/topic/transport