6.6% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Penrith · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Penrith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A strong reliance on cars shapes daily life in Penrith, where nearly half of all working residents drive themselves to work. While public transport infrastructure is extensive, the area has seen a massive shift toward flexibility, with the share of people working from home jumping 23 percentage points since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Penrith own at least one car, with 37.1% having two vehicles. Only 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Penrith splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is now common for 26.3% of residents, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, public transport use for commuting has fallen sharply to 1.7% since 2011.
26.3% ▲ +842.1%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -71.9%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 is well served by infrastructure, with 1,360 stops and 50 different routes. Penrith has 6.25 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas.
1,360
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.25
Higher than 85% 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).
1,412.4
Higher than 85% 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).
50
Higher than 86% 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 the region involves a typical 12-minute walk to the nearest transport stop. The drive time to the city is 38 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
12
Lower than 53% 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.
38
Lower than 57% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16350/penrith/topic/transport