5.5% ▼ -52.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ebbw Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ebbw Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 26-minute drive to the city makes Ebbw Vale much faster to reach than most similar areas. While many residents rely on cars, the area has a higher number of public transport stops per person than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ebbw Vale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 2.7% of workers, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, only 11% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average.
11.0% ▲ +417.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -78.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 3.7 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. Despite this, the 77-minute transit time to the city is much higher than most areas.
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.
3.70
Higher than 72% 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).
440.7
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).
9,334
Higher than 57% 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).
30,376
Higher than 56% 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).
77
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop takes only 5 minutes, which is lower than most 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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Ebbw Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30938/ebbw-vale/topic/transport