0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Slopes · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Slopes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in The Slopes relies on a car to get around. With no public transport options available, residents depend on private vehicles for daily trips and work, making it a highly car-dependent area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, as not a single home is without a motor vehicle. Most households own multiple cars, with 37.1% having two and nearly 30% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Slopes, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 4 or more (28%) and 3 vehicles (27%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 50.8% of residents, while 19% work from home. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 31% for working from home, and no one uses public transport to commute.
19.0% ▲ +379.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
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: 4.6%
- 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 means the number of weekly departures and people reachable by transit is zero, which is far below the state average.
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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Reaching the city involves a typical drive of 59 minutes. Because there are no local services, the walk to the nearest stop takes 49 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
49
Higher than 79% 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.
59
Lower than 57% 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).
More for The Slopes
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in The Slopes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13858/the-slopes/topic/transport