7.8% ▲ +241.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Pocket
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport in The Pocket, making private cars and home-based work essential for daily life. A striking 33.3% of the workforce operates from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 40.6% owning two and 21.9% owning four or more. However, 7.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Pocket, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 33.3%, which helps explain why 0.0% of residents use public transport to get to work—a figure well below the Australian average.
33.3% ▲ +95.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts the local access far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 78 minutes, which is among the highest times recorded for areas at this level.
78
Higher than 95% 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 Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13850/the-pocket/topic/transport