6.1% ▼ -36.4%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2281, NSW · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 2281, NSW
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A reliance on cars defines daily life in postcode 2281, where 54% of workers drive themselves to work. While public transport stops are plentiful, very few people actually use them for their daily commute. Working from home has become much more common, rising to 22.1% since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 39.9% have two. Only 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →2281, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.4%. This is a little below the national figure of 3.1% and has fallen since 2011.
22.1% ▲ +496.5%
Higher than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -76.3%
Lower than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 127 public transport stops, which is more than 90% of similar areas. However, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the New South Wales figure.
127
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.29
Higher than 86% 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).
827.3
Higher than 69% 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).
3
Lower than 52% of postcode 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 to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 82 minutes. A walk to the nearest stop takes about 6 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
6
Lower than 57% 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.
82
Higher than 73% 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.
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 2281, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2281/2281-nsw/topic/transport