5.2% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Holsworthy · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Holsworthy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty per cent of Holsworthy households own two motor vehicles, making car reliance a defining feature of the area. While the neighbourhood has plenty of transport stops, a huge shift has occurred in how people get to work, with a massive rise in those working from home since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own a car, with only 5.2% having no vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This lack of vehicle ownership has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Holsworthy, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 32.5%, far above the Australian figure of 21%. In contrast, public transport use for commuting has plummeted 14 points since 2011 to just 1.8%.
32.5% ▲ +497.1%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -88.6%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Holsworthy is well equipped with 475 public transport stops, which is more than 88% of similar areas. Most of this access is provided by buses, which make up 97.8% of the available modes.
475
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.26
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,347.4
Higher than 64% of state electorate 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).
33
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Holsworthy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10036/holsworthy/topic/transport