8.5% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Collinswood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Collinswood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Collinswood than in the rest of Australia. This well-connected area is shaped by a short 7-minute drive to the city and high service frequency, though a small number of homes here have no motor vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.5% of homes in Collinswood have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure. Most households have one or two cars, with 41.3% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Collinswood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 6.7% of workers, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. In contrast, only 9.6% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average.
9.6% ▲ +270.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.7% ▼ -27.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 is highly accessible, with 12 bus routes and a weekly departure rate far above the state average. This connectivity means 121,670 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit, and the travel time to the city is much lower than in most areas.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.01
Higher than 73% 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).
3,172.5
Higher than 98% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,507
Higher than 66% 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).
121,670
Higher than 83% 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).
42
Lower than 78% 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 around is relatively easy, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes just 5 minutes. This contributes to the short 7-minute drive time to the city, which is among the lowest for 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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 Collinswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40285/collinswood/topic/transport