10.5% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swansea · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Swansea
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 2-minute walk to the nearest stop is common for people in Swansea, making it one of the most accessible areas for transit. While most households rely on cars, over 10% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than one in ten homes here have no motor vehicle, a rate much higher than most areas. For those who do own cars, 41.6% of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Swansea, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the state average, with only 16% doing so. Most residents drive to work, while only 0.7% use public transport.
16.0% ▲ +478.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -66.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Swansea has 40 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than 82% of similar areas. Although the number of stops per person is well above the state average, weekly departures are well below that mark.
40
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.93
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).
1,004.4
Higher than 86% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest stop is much shorter than in most areas. However, it takes 86 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than for most places.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
86
Higher than 60% 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)).
- 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 Swansea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13726/swansea/topic/transport