9.8% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ottoway · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ottoway
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 67% of workers in Ottoway drive themselves to work, though the area is well-served by public transport. While most homes have one or two cars, nearly 10% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is a little above the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 10% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own either one or two vehicles, with 34.8% falling into each of those categories.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ottoway splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far below the national figure, with only 3.9% doing so. However, 4% of people commute by public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
3.9% ▲ +246.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▼ -37.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Ottoway has a high level of access with 14 stops and 7 routes, making it larger than about 84% of similar areas. All public transport here is provided by buses, with 1,173.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.03
Higher than 78% 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).
1,173.9
Higher than 87% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,589
Higher than 61% 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).
50,503
Higher than 65% 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).
59
Higher than 53% 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 city is fast, with a drive time of 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest stop is also very quick, taking only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
14
Lower 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)).
- 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 Ottoway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41081/ottoway/topic/transport