5.9% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alawa · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alawa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Transport patterns in Alawa have remained steady, with a strong reliance on cars and a high level of bus access. While 65.6% of workers drive to their jobs, the area is well-served by public transit, with 15 stops providing connectivity across the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 42% having two vehicles. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alawa, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at just 4.2%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. About 3.1% of residents use public transport to get to work, a rate similar to the national average.
4.2% ▲ +111.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Alawa has excellent transit infrastructure with 13 different routes and 7.22 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Northern Territory figure. The number of weekly departures is also among the highest for similar areas.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.22
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).
1,920.6
Higher than 91% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,070
Higher than 71% 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).
35,790
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).
55
Lower than 55% 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 a transit point is very easy here, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only one minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
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 Alawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70003/alawa/topic/transport