38.9% ▲ +382.1%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sydney · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Sydney
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Sydney than in the rest of the country, with 38.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 7.4%. The area has shifted toward this car-free lifestyle over the last decade, and many residents now work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 39% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that rose 31 points since 2011. Most households that do own a car have only one, while just 11.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sydney, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by No vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers (52.1%) work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. While 7% of people use public transport to get to work—well above the state average—this is down 23 points since 2016.
52.1% —
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.0% —
Higher than 91% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 220 different public transport routes, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales average, with buses making up 85.1% of services.
594
Lower than 79% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.91
Lower than 87% 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).
3,330.4
Higher than 99% 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).
220
Higher than 93% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED142/sydney/topic/transport