2.4% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2126, NSW · Postcode
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in postcode 2126 than in the rest of the country, with 53.1% of workers doing so. This area is heavily reliant on cars and has an exceptionally high number of weekly public transport departures compared to the state average.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households get by without a car, with only 2.4% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and most homes now own two or more vehicles.
2.4% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In 2126, NSW, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 48 points since 2011, meaning over half the workforce now avoids a daily commute. Meanwhile, the share of people using public transport to get to work has fallen sharply to 2.7%.
53.1% ▲ +954.3%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -82.2%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
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.
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has excellent transit infrastructure, with 107 stops and 13 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the New South Wales figure, though the network is almost entirely made up of bus services.
107
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.61
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
3,104.1
Higher than 95% of postcode 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).
13
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is convenient, with a typical drive time to the city of 23 minutes. Access to transit is also very high, with some residents living effectively zero minutes from their nearest stop.
0
Lower than 99% of postcode 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.
23
Lower than 67% of postcode 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2126, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2126/2126-nsw/topic/transport