10.3% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Towradgi · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Towradgi
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Towradgi live without a car than in most similar areas, with 10.3% of homes having no motor vehicle. While public transport access is strong for the area's size, the majority of residents still rely on cars or working from home to get through their day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own one or two cars, with 34.8% falling into each of those categories.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Towradgi splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 25.5%, a figure well above the Australian average. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though still well below the New South Wales rate of 31%.
25.5% ▲ +789.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -63.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Public transport stops are plentiful, with 16 stops and 8 routes across the area. However, while there are 745.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is far below the New South Wales figure.
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.94
Higher than 77% 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).
745.4
Higher than 83% 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).
8
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.
Getting to a stop is very easy, with a typical walking time of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive to the city takes around 60 minutes.
3
Lower 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.
60
Lower than 56% 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 Towradgi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13947/towradgi/topic/transport