Rothsay · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Rothsay

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A huge 27.2% of workers in Rothsay use public transport to get to work, which is far above the 4.7% seen across Western Australia. This creates a striking contrast to the national trend, especially since no one in the area works from home.

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Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport is a primary way to travel for work, with 27.2% using buses. This is far above the national figure of 3.1%, while the 0.0% working from home is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

27.2% —

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 38.9%
  • 2021: 27.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Rothsay, the largest group is Bus at 43%, followed by Car (driver) (29%) and Car (passenger) (14%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Despite the high use of transit for commuting, there are 0 public transport stops and routes in the area. This puts the local access far below the Western Australian figure.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rothsay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51313/rothsay/topic/transport