0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stuart Town · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stuart Town
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 43% of homes in Stuart Town have two motor vehicles, making car ownership very common here. While the area has a decent number of transport stops, almost everyone relies on their own car to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 43.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 12.4% owning four or more. Notably, no homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stuart Town, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.5% of residents, while 19.2% work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
19.2% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
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: 1.4%
- 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.
Stuart Town has 8.3 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 5.27. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.30
Higher than 86% 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).
66.4
Higher than 65% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge here, as the typical walk takes 86 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas at this level.
86
Higher 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.
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 Stuart Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13695/stuart-town/topic/transport