6.6% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sedan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sedan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few things have changed in how people move around Sedan since 2011, as it remains a place where almost everyone relies on a car. The area is far from the city, with a typical drive time of 84 minutes and almost no one using public transport for work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Sedan have multiple cars, with 44.7% owning two and 11.8% owning four or more. About 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sedan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 64.9% of people as drivers and 5.3% as passengers. While 11.7% work from home, no one in the area commutes using public transport.
11.7% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Sedan has more stops and routes than many similar areas, with 18.87 stops per 1,000 people. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure, and the only available mode is the bus.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
18.87
Higher than 92% 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).
56.6
Higher than 64% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop can take 60 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. This reflects the region's remote nature, alongside the long drive to the city.
60
Higher than 85% 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.
84
Higher than 59% 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)).
- 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 Sedan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41324/sedan/topic/transport