14.6% ▲ +64.1%
Higher than 93% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parramatta · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Parramatta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of workers in Parramatta now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift is part of a broader trend toward less car reliance, with a growing number of households living without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 14.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the state and national figures. This is a notable increase from 2011, when only 8.9% of households were without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Parramatta, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 39.3%, far above the Australian average of 21%. While 5.9% of people use public transport to get to work—higher than most areas—this is a 16 point drop since 2016.
39.3% —
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.9% —
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
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.
Parramatta has 847 public transport stops and 72 different routes. While the number of stops per person is lower than the state average, the number of weekly departures is much higher than most areas.
847
Higher than 61% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.17
Lower than 65% 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).
1,847.0
Higher than 81% 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).
72
Higher than 71% 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 around is convenient, with a typical drive time of 20 minutes to the city. Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes almost no time at all.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
20
Lower than 69% 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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED135/parramatta/topic/transport