4.9% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Turvey Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Turvey Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than most similar areas define Turvey Park, though few people actually use them for work. While 25 stops are available, only 0.2% of the workforce commutes via public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39% owning two. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Turvey Park splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work for 67.4% of residents. Only 8.5% of people work from home, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
8.5% ▲ +237.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -76.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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.
The area has 10 bus routes and 25 stops, which is among the largest number of stops for a place of this size. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
25
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.
7.00
Higher than 86% 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).
469.5
Higher than 78% 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).
10
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 easy here, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
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.
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 Turvey Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14001/turvey-park/topic/transport