Uki · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Uki

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Over 60% of working residents in Uki drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. While most homes own at least one vehicle, the area has a much lower rate of car-less households than the state and national figures.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 44.1% owning two and 15.8% owning three. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.

2.7% ▼ -33.2%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Uki, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes using public transport, which is a little below the New South Wales figure. Working from home is used by 16.7% of the workforce, though this is far below the state average.

16.7% ▲ +49.6%

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.2%
  • 2016: 13.9%
  • 2021: 16.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Uki, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Uki has 8.76 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, with only two bus routes available, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.

8.76

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).

102.2

Higher than 69% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes a typical resident about 16 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.

16

Higher than 54% 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 Uki [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14018/uki/topic/transport