5.5% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mackellar · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Mackellar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 40% of people in Mackellar work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift is part of a major trend where remote work has jumped 32 points since 2016. Most residents rely on cars to get around, reflecting the area's distance from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 40.1% of homes having two vehicles. Only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mackellar, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 39.6%, followed by driving a car at 37.2%. Meanwhile, those using public transport have fallen sharply since 2016, now sitting at 2.6%, about the same as the state average.
39.6% —
Higher than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% —
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
Bus services provide all the public transport here. While there are only 36 routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 2,278.8, which is far above the New South Wales figure.
756
Lower than 56% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.87
Higher than 55% of federal 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).
2,278.8
Higher than 89% of federal 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).
36
Lower than 79% of federal electorate 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 city takes 45 minutes, which is longer than for most areas. Residents also face a much longer walk to the nearest transport stop than most, taking typically 37 minutes.
37
Higher than 86% of federal electorate 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.
45
Higher than 67% of federal electorate 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)).
- 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 Mackellar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED126/mackellar/topic/transport