4.9% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Channon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Channon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in service frequency separates The Channon from the rest of the state, despite having a high number of stops. While most homes rely on private cars, about 21% of workers here operate from home, which is about the same as the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in The Channon has a motor vehicle, with 35% having two and 18% having three. Only 4.9% of households have no vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →The Channon splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64% of residents. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
20.6% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 12.31 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 61.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below New South Wales, and all services are buses.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.31
Higher than 88% 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).
61.5
Higher than 64% 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.
Getting to a stop is easy for some residents, as the walk to the nearest stop is among the lowest at this level.
0
Lower 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 The Channon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13832/the-channon/topic/transport