6.7% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blacktown · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Blacktown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 12 percentage point gap separates Blacktown from the national average for remote work, with 33.1% of people working from home. This makes it one of the most flexible areas for employment in the region. While public transport access is very high, most residents still rely on cars or their own homes to get through the day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.6% owning two. Only 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Blacktown splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 33.1% since 2011, placing Blacktown among the highest for this trend. Meanwhile, only 3.3% of people use public transport to get to work, which is much higher than most similar areas but has fallen sharply over the last decade.
33.1% ▲ +1492.1%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -70.0%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Infrastructure is extensive, with 1,945 stops and 84 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, and the area has more stops per person than most other similar places.
1,945
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.90
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,650.7
Higher than 88% of council (lga) 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).
84
Higher than 87% of council (lga) 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 relatively quick, with a typical 6 minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 31 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
6
Lower than 62% of council (lga) 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.
31
Lower than 63% of council (lga) 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).
More for Blacktown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10750/blacktown/topic/transport