3.1% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Penshurst · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Penshurst
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Penshurst, where 0.0% of commuters rely on it. While the area has more transit stops per person than many similar places, the lack of frequent services means most people depend on their own cars or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 68.3% of homes owning at least two vehicles. Only 3.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Penshurst splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 48.2% of people. Working from home is also common at 25.3%, which is well above the Australian average of 21.0%.
25.3% ▲ +45.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
The area has three public transport stops and two bus routes, which is more than most similar places. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.43
Higher than 75% 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).
23.6
Higher than 60% 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.
Getting to a stop is difficult for many residents, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 48 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
48
Higher than 78% 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 Penshurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22056/penshurst/topic/transport