The Bight · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in The Bight

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

Almost every single home in The Bight has a car, reflecting a lifestyle where residents rely on their own wheels to get around. With no public transport available, the area's 44.4% of workers who operate from home is far above the national figure.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle—well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Over half of households own two vehicles, and another 24% have three or more.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In The Bight, 2 vehicles is the majority at 57%; 1 vehicle is next at 17%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common, with 44.4% of residents doing so, which is far above the Australian average of 21.0%. Those who do leave for work mostly drive, while 0.0% use public transport.

44.4%

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 21.4%
  • 2021: 44.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In The Bight, Worked at home is the majority at 60%; Car (driver) is next at 40%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are 0.0, which is far below the state figure.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in The Bight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13829/the-bight/topic/transport