2.6% ▼ -45.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Andrews · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Andrews
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of households in St Andrews have two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of life here. Most residents rely on driving for their daily needs, though a significant 23.9% of workers now do their jobs from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common, with 39.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 10.7% owning four or more. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Andrews, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 47.1% of people commuting as the driver. While 23.9% of people work from home, which is higher than most similar areas, only 1.8% use public transport to commute.
23.9% ▲ +1492.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -79.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 19 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than most similar places. However, the 841.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales figure.
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.28
Higher than 71% 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).
841.3
Higher than 85% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,335
Higher than 75% 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).
41,571
Higher than 61% 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 takes about 36 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Residents also have very easy access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop being among the lowest at this level.
0
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.
36
Lower than 70% 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 Andrews [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13646/st-andrews/topic/transport