1.9% ▲ +40.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yellow Rock · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yellow Rock
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 50% of working residents in Yellow Rock drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. This is a highly vehicle-dependent area where very few homes get by without a car, and working from home is a common choice for over a quarter of the workforce.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here go without a car, with only 1.9% having none, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most homes are well-equipped, with 83% of households owning three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yellow Rock, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 4 or more (21%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 26.8% of people work from home, a rate well above the national figure. While most commute by car, only 0.6% use public transport, which is a little below the state and national averages.
26.8% ▲ +355.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -79.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Yellow Rock has 18 public transport stops, which is among the highest for its area type, though only one route serves the location. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
18
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.
16.09
Higher than 90% 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).
429.0
Higher than 77% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
21,964
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes 57 minutes by car. Residents are generally close to transit, with a typical five-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than in most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
57
Lower than 58% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Yellow Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14520/yellow-rock/topic/transport