2.2% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Thornton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Thornton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.2% of homes in Thornton lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, where the vast majority of residents drive to work. While public transport infrastructure is relatively plentiful, it is rarely used by the local workforce.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 47% having two vehicles and another 26% owning three or more. This high level of vehicle ownership explains why so few homes—just 2.2%—are without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Thornton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 59.7% of residents, while 16.9% work from home. The latter is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%, and very few people—only 0.7%—commute using public transport.
16.9% ▲ +642.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -64.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 56 public transport stops and 9 routes, which is among the largest for an area of this size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and the network is dominated by buses.
56
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.24
Higher than 78% 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).
591.2
Higher than 80% 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).
9
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.
Residents enjoy very quick access to transit, with a typical two-minute walk to the nearest stop. Despite this, the area is distant from the city, with a drive time of 99 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.
99
Higher than 68% 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)).
- 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 Thornton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13867/thornton/topic/transport