5.3% ▼ -61.3%
Lower than 56% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Richmond · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Richmond
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in Richmond rely on their own cars, with 58.2% of workers driving to get to their jobs. This reliance on private vehicles is common for the area, while very few residents use public transport or work from home compared to the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A small number of homes have no motor vehicle, at 5.3%, which is well below the New South Wales figure. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 13.6% of households were without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Richmond splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.4% of workers use public transport to get to work, which is among the lowest for similar areas. While 17.7% now work from home—up from 8.2% in 2016—this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
17.7% —
Higher than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% —
Lower than 94% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 831 public transport stops, all for buses, but the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average. This means that while stops exist, services are much less frequent than in other parts of the state.
831
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.96
Higher than 58% 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).
382.8
Lower 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).
53
Lower than 52% 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 a stop is a challenge here, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 58 minutes. This is among the highest walking times for similar areas.
58
Higher than 93% 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.
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 Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED138/richmond/topic/transport