17.7% —
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Inner West · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Inner West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half the workforce in the Inner West now works from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift is paired with a high number of households that do not own a car. The area is well connected, with very short travel times to the city and excellent access to public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households here own just one car, while only 6.4% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Inner West, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 52.7% since 2016, a rate far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Meanwhile, the number of people commuting by public transport fell sharply from 31.3% in 2016 to 5.1% in 2021.
52.7% —
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.1% —
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 74 public transport routes and 529 stops, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the New South Wales average. Buses are the primary mode of transport, making up 96.5% of the network.
529
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.89
Lower than 54% 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).
2,137.6
Higher than 92% 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).
74
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 easy, with a typical drive time to the city of only 9 minutes. Access is very high, as the walk to the nearest transport stop is often zero minutes.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
9
Lower than 93% 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 Inner West
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Inner West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14170/inner-west/topic/transport