Yetholme · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Yetholme

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

A heavy reliance on cars defines life in Yetholme, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. While there are more transport stops here than in many similar areas, the long travel times to the city make private vehicles essential for most residents.

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📍 Yetholme, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Yetholme has a motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and national averages. Most households are well-equipped, with 25.3% owning four or more vehicles.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Yetholme, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (25%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly 60% of workers drive themselves to work, and 15.2% work from home. The number of people using public transport to commute is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure.

15.2% ▲ +97.3%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.7%
  • 2016: 10.1%
  • 2021: 15.2%

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 Yetholme, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

There are 11 bus routes and 3 stops in the area, which is more than most similar places. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales average.

12.45

Higher than 88% 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).

361.0

Higher than 76% 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.

Getting around is a challenge, with a 150-minute drive to the city. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes 72 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.

72

Higher than 92% 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.

150

Higher than 90% 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 Yetholme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14531/yetholme/topic/transport