Stratheden · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Stratheden

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Every single home in Stratheden has at least one motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the New South Wales and national averages. This reliance on private transport is clear, as the vast majority of workers drive or work from home. Public transport options are very limited, with only one bus route serving the area.

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📍 Stratheden, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Half of all households have two vehicles, and another 32.5% have three or more. This explains why no homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the state and national averages.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Stratheden, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people here drive to work or work from home, with 22.6% doing the latter, which is a little above the national figure. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.

22.6% ▼ -0.7%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.8%
  • 2016: 18.8%
  • 2021: 22.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Stratheden, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 27%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While the area has more stops per person than most similar places, the actual service is very low. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, with only a single bus route available.

4.55

Higher than 76% 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).

45.5

Higher than 62% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge for locals, as the typical walk takes 29 minutes. This is a longer walk than in most other similar areas.

29

Higher than 66% 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 Stratheden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13689/stratheden/topic/transport