2.5% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Valla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Valla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 61% of workers in Valla drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. Most homes here own multiple vehicles, and very few residents rely on public transport to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common here, with 42% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.2% having four or more. Only 2.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Valla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%. Working from home is a choice for 19.1% of the workforce, though this is far below the New South Wales rate of 31%.
19.1% ▲ +36.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Valla has 19 public transport routes and two stops, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.90
Higher than 65% 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).
62.7
Higher than 64% 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).
19
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 the nearest stop takes a typical 75 minutes, which is among the highest times for this level of area.
75
Higher than 94% 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).
More for Valla
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Valla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14085/valla/topic/transport