12.6% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ryde · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Ryde
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Ryde work from home and live without a car than in most similar areas. This shift toward flexible working is stark, with 46% of the workforce now based at home. The area is well connected, offering a very short walk to public transport and quick drive times into the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.6% of Ryde households have no motor vehicle, which is well above the same figure for New South Wales (9.2%) and Australia (7.4%). Nearly half of all homes have one vehicle, while 28.9% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ryde, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 42 percentage points since 2011 to reach 46%, a figure far above the national 21%. Meanwhile, those using public transport to get to work fell 14 points over the same period to 4.6%.
46.0% ▲ +1171.1%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -76.0%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
Ryde has 589 public transport stops and 46 routes, which is more than about 87% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest at this level, far above the New South Wales figure.
589
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.56
Higher than 67% 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).
2,352.6
Higher than 94% 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).
46
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 is relatively easy, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 17 minutes, which is much lower than in most other areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
17
Lower than 78% 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 Ryde
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16700/ryde/topic/transport