2.9% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Ives · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Ives
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the working population in St Ives works from home, a figure far above the national average. This reliance on home-based work is a standout feature of the area, where car ownership is very high and the trip to the city center takes much longer than in most other places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 2.9% having none, which is well below the New South Wales figure. Most households own at least two vehicles, with 44.5% having exactly two and another 17.7% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Ives, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is extremely common here at 53.7%, far above the Australian figure of 21%. Only 1.6% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below both state and national levels.
53.7% ▲ +552.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -80.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 107 public transport stops and 6 routes, which are among the highest figures for areas of this size. While there are plenty of bus services, the 70-minute trip to the city is much longer than in most other areas.
107
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.82
Higher than 81% 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).
1,702.7
Higher than 90% 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).
21,665
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).
21,665
Higher than 50% 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).
70
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute. However, the drive time to the city is 20 minutes, which is much lower than most 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Ives [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13654/st-ives/topic/transport