0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swan Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Swan Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops per person are found in Swan Creek than in most similar areas. Despite this, the area is almost entirely dependent on cars, with every single home owning at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No homes in Swan Creek are without a car, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. About 31% of households have three vehicles, while 43% have one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Swan Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (34%) and 2 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at 10.9%, a figure far below the national average of 21%. Half of the workforce drives to work, and 8.7% walk, while no one uses public transport to commute.
10.9% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are 9.43 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average of 5.27. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.43
Higher than 87% 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).
94.3
Higher than 68% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 stop takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 32 minutes.
32
Higher than 68% 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).
More for Swan Creek
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Swan Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13721/swan-creek/topic/transport