4.7% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stirling · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stirling
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A very short walk to a stop and an 11-minute drive to the city make getting around easy for people in Stirling. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a higher number of public transport stops than most similar places, with 16 stops serving the community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 40.8% owning two. About 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the Territory figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stirling, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.7% of residents. While 12.6% work from home—which is a little above the Territory average—this is well below the national figure of 21%.
12.6% ▲ +355.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 is well-served by buses, with 7.3 stops per 1,000 people, a figure well above the Territory average. There are 4 public transport routes here, which is more than about 85% of similar areas.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
1,530.4
Higher than 89% 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
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,416
Higher than 66% 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).
45,494
Higher than 63% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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.
Stirling is very well connected, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is just 11 minutes.
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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80119/stirling/topic/transport