Stuart Park · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Stuart Park

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

Far more public transport options than most similar areas make Stuart Park a highly connected place. While most residents still rely on cars, the area has a huge number of bus services and a very short walk to the nearest stop.

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📍 Stuart Park, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost 41% of homes have two motor vehicles, and only 4.7% of households have no vehicle at all. This is a little below the national figure and well below the Northern Territory average.

4.7% ▼ -29.8%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.7%
  • 2016: 5.0%
  • 2021: 4.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Stuart Park splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

A tiny 4.1% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure. While 65.7% drive to work, those who use public transport make up 3.3% of the workforce, which is much higher than most similar areas.

4.1% ▲ +94.7%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 4.1%

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

3.3% ▼ -20.7%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 3.3%

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 Stuart Park, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Car (passenger) is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

The area is very well served with 15 public transport stops and 15 routes, placing it among the largest for its size. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Northern Territory figure, and the transit time to the city is among the lowest.

3.66

Higher than 72% 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).

827.6

Higher than 84% 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).

4,101

Lower than 51% 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).

19,524

Lower than 51% 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).

30

Lower than 92% 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 stop is very easy here, with a typical walk of just 1 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 Stuart Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70245/stuart-park/topic/transport