0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sidmouth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sidmouth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Sidmouth has at least one motor vehicle, making private cars essential for daily life. This heavy reliance on driving is a defining feature of the area, as 64% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 37.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.2% owning four or more. No households are without a car, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sidmouth, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is more common here than in the state average, with 12.7% of people doing so. No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the 3.1% national figure.
12.7% ▲ +76.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
There are more public transport stops and routes here than in most similar areas, with buses being the only option. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.30
Higher than 86% 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).
284.7
Higher than 74% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting to the city is a long trip, with a drive time of 145 minutes, among the highest for its level. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes about 10 minutes.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
145
Higher than 89% 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 Sidmouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60601/sidmouth/topic/transport