Erowal Bay · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Erowal Bay

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

Almost every household in Erowal Bay owns a car, making it much more vehicle-dependent than most similar areas. While working from home is common for 13.8% of residents, the vast majority still rely on private cars for their daily travel.

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📍 Erowal Bay, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 1.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011. Most households are well-equipped, with 46.8% owning two vehicles and 20.3% owning three or more.

1.9% ▼ -47.1%

Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 1.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Erowal Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 3.1%. Instead, 68.1% of workers drive themselves to work, and the proportion of people working from home rose to 13.8% since 2011.

13.8% ▲ +144.7%

Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.6%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 13.8%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Erowal Bay, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Erowal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121037/erowal-bay/topic/transport