12.9% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Gap · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Gap
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower proportion of people work from home in The Gap than across Australia, with only 1.3% doing so. This highlights a strong reliance on physical travel for work in a community where most people depend on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure of 7.4%. However, half of all households still keep a single car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Gap, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers use a car as the driver, while 14.4% walk to work. Only 0.3% use public transport and a very small number work from home.
1.3% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -88.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The Gap has 10 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. While it has 5.14 stops per 1,000 people, the weekly number of departures is far below the Territory figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.14
Higher than 78% 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).
295.1
Higher than 75% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 nearest transport stop is easy here, with a typical walking time of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
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.
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 The Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70253/the-gap/topic/transport