9.4% ▼ -33.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ethelton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ethelton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Ethelton live without a car than in most similar areas, with 9.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is a little above the national figure of 7.4%. While most residents still rely on cars, the area shows a higher-than-average use of public transport for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do own cars, nearly half of households have just one vehicle, while 31.7% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ethelton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for areas at this level, at 4.8%. Conversely, only 9.6% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
9.6% ▲ +558.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.8% ▼ -28.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 more public transport stops and routes than about 67% of similar places, though all services are provided by buses. This helps 14,807 people remain reachable within 30 minutes by transit.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.67
Higher than 60% 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).
10.1
Higher than 58% 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).
14,807
Higher than 67% 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).
30,012
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).
57
Lower than 51% 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 into the city is quick, with a drive time of 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Ethelton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40415/ethelton/topic/transport