1.7% ▲ +48.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Ives Chase · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Ives Chase
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in St Ives Chase than in most similar areas, with 57% of the workforce doing so. This high rate of home-working is a defining feature of the area, which also sees a very low number of households without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 52.8% owning two vehicles and 17.9% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Ives Chase, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, where the national figure is 21%. Only 0.8% of residents commute using public transport, which is a little below the state and national averages.
57.0% ▲ +521.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -90.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
While the area has a high number of stops and departures compared to most, it takes much longer than usual to reach the city by transit, averaging 79 minutes. All public transport options here are buses.
20
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.
6.09
Higher than 82% 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).
2,132.2
Higher than 92% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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).
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).
79
Higher than 87% 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 quick, with a typical walk of just 1 minute. This is much lower than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also much lower than in similar places.
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.
24
Lower than 79% 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 Chase [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13655/st-ives-chase/topic/transport