1.5% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Valentine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Valentine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained the dominant way to get around Valentine, where only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle. While most residents rely on their own cars, a significant 27.4% now work from home, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 45.8% having two vehicles and 25.8% having three or more. Very few homes lack a car, a rate that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Valentine, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 52.1% of residents. While working from home is common here, only 0.1% of people use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the state and national figures.
27.4% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 49 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is far above the New South Wales average for stops per 1,000 people. However, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the state figure, and all services are buses.
49
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.
8.49
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).
590.9
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
It is a short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop for most people, which is much lower than in most other areas. Conversely, the drive time to the city is 97 minutes, which is higher 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.
97
Higher than 67% 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 Valentine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14083/valentine/topic/transport