14.7% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 93% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Sydney · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in North Sydney
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of working residents now work from home in North Sydney, a massive shift from just 6% in 2016. This change is reflected in the way people move, with a growing number of households choosing to live without a car. It is a highly accessible area where the typical walk to a transport stop takes only 4 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 14.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This number has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011, and half of all households now have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Sydney, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, with 57% of the workforce doing so. Public transport use for commuting has fallen sharply from 30.1% in 2016 to 4.2% in 2021.
57.0% —
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% —
Higher than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 has a very high number of weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people, well above the New South Wales figure. Most of this service is provided by buses, which make up 92.7% of the available modes.
681
Lower than 68% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.07
Lower than 67% 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).
2,048.5
Higher than 86% 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).
75
Higher than 75% 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.
North Sydney is exceptionally well-placed for travel, with a typical drive time to the city of only 9 minutes. Residents also enjoy a short walk to the nearest transport stop, which is faster than in most other areas.
4
Lower than 65% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 North Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED132/north-sydney/topic/transport