1.0% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Oaks · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Oaks
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in The Oaks owns a car, with only 1% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This makes the area far less likely to be car-free than the national figure. Most residents rely heavily on private transport for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 40.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 21% owning four or more. This is reflected in the fact that only 1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Oaks, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 4 or more (21%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 53.8% of people driving. While 23.4% of the workforce works from home—a figure a little above the national average—no one in the area commutes by public transport.
23.4% ▲ +270.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
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: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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 21 public transport stops, which is more than about 89% of similar areas, yet weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure. All available services are buses, but they reach very few people within a 30-minute trip.
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.04
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).
249.2
Higher than 74% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
9,808
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest stop takes just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 56 minutes, placing it around the middle for its level.
1
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.
56
Lower than 58% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Oaks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13847/the-oaks/topic/transport