1.4% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Singleton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Singleton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Singleton has a car, with only 1.4% of households lacking a vehicle. This makes it much more car-dependent than the state and national averages. While most people drive to work, the area has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 46% of homes owning two vehicles and 18.2% owning three. Only 1.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Singleton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.5% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 6.6%, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.
6.6% ▲ +92.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.5% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 11 public transport stops and one route, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.74
Higher than 68% 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).
1,000.2
Higher than 86% 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).
22,178
Higher than 76% 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).
35,655
Higher than 59% 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).
85
Higher than 96% 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 takes 41 minutes by car, which is lower than in most similar areas. It is also very easy to reach public transport, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Singleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51354/singleton/topic/transport