5.7% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sutherland Shire · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Sutherland Shire
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of working residents in Sutherland Shire now work from home, which is far above the national figure. This shift is part of a broader trend toward flexibility, while car ownership remains very high across the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40% owning two vehicles. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sutherland Shire, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 33 percentage points since 2011 to reach 37.2%. Meanwhile, those using public transport to get to work have dropped sharply to just 2.1% during the same period.
37.2% ▲ +839.7%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -79.4%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 is well equipped with 1,317 public transport stops, giving it more stops per person than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
1,317
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.
5.72
Higher than 80% 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).
922.7
Higher than 78% 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).
36
Higher than 81% 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.
It takes about 45 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for areas of this level. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 57% 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.
45
Lower than 54% 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 Sutherland Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17150/sutherland-shire/topic/transport