4.7% ▲ +79.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Albans · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Albans
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 213-minute drive to the city defines the isolation of St Albans. This remote area relies almost entirely on private cars, with nearly 40% of workers operating from home to avoid the long trip.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, and 45.3% own two. Only 4.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Albans, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 39.3%, far above the own Australian average of 21.0%. No one in the area commutes to work using public transport.
39.3% ▲ +227.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 39.3%
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: 2.0%
- 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.
Public transport is effectively non-existent, with zero stops and routes in the area. This puts the local access far below the New South Wales average.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a major challenge, as the drive time is among the highest for similar areas.
213
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 St Albans [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13645/st-albans/topic/transport