3.7% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Thirlmere · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Thirlmere
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential for daily life in Thirlmere, where only 3.7% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a community that relies heavily on private transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 37.3% having two vehicles and 13.5% owning four or more. This high rate of ownership is consistent with the very low number of car-free homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Thirlmere, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 54.4% of residents, while 21.7% work from home, a figure about the same as the Australian average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.2%.
21.7% ▲ +491.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -88.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 46 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is among the largest number of stops for an area of this size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
46
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.23
Higher than 87% 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).
178.9
Higher than 72% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,987
Higher than 73% 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).
18,987
Lower than 52% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. From Thirlmere, the drive time to the city is 63 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
63
Lower than 54% 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 Thirlmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13863/thirlmere/topic/transport