0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Southgate · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Southgate
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A reliance on private cars defines Southgate, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. While public transport stops are more common here than in most similar areas, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal in Southgate, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle, a figure well below the national 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own two vehicles, and 14.5% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Southgate, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 56.6% of residents. While 16.2% work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%, and nobody uses public transport for their commute.
16.2% ▲ +54.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 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.
The area has 10.10 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, there are only two stops serving the area via a single bus route, and weekly departures are far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.10
Higher than 87% 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).
20.2
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 the nearest transport stop is a challenge for residents, as it takes a typical 33 minutes to walk there, which is higher than in most similar areas.
33
Higher than 69% 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 Southgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13620/southgate/topic/transport