3.1% ▲ +64.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Rock · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Rock
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in The Rock has a car, with only 3.1% of households without one. This makes it a place where private vehicles are essential for daily life. The area relies heavily on cars for travel, as public transport use is virtually non-existent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 41.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 13.1% having four or more. The 3.1% of homes without a motor vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Rock, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, and only 12.3% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. Most residents drive, with 68.2% as the driver.
12.3% ▲ +68.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
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: 1.4%
- 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.
The area has 17 public transport routes and 2 stops, but services are infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and only 1.48 stops exist per 1,000 people.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.48
Higher than 63% 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).
28.2
Higher than 60% 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).
17
Higher than 86% 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 a transit stop takes a typical 28 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
28
Higher than 65% 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).
More for The Rock
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in The Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13854/the-rock/topic/transport