3.7% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swansea Heads · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Swansea Heads
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in Swansea Heads drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While public transport options are plentiful for the population size, almost no one uses them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with 3.7% of households having no vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Swansea Heads, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Working from home is common, with 24.0% of people doing so, a little above the Australian average.
24.0% ▲ +780.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
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: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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.
Public transport access is much higher than most areas, with 8.21 stops per 1,000 people. There are 5 stops across one bus route, and weekly departures are a little above the state average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.21
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).
1,458.1
Higher than 89% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It is very quick to reach a stop, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is 88 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
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.
88
Higher than 62% 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 Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13727/swansea-heads/topic/transport