4.1% ▼ -43.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South West Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South West Rocks
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in South West Rocks relies on a car to get around. While the area has more public transport stops than most similar places, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own one or two cars, with only 4.1% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South West Rocks, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, as only 0.2% of people use public transport. This is a little below the national figure, and the 11.2% who work from home is well below the Australian average of 21.0%.
11.2% ▲ +132.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -59.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
The town has 15 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 77.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.97
Higher than 69% 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).
77.1
Higher than 66% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting to a stop is quick here, with the typical walk taking just 1 minute, which is much lower than in most other areas.
1
Lower 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 West Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13616/south-west-rocks/topic/transport