6.9% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2640, NSW · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 2640, NSW
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 69% of workers in postcode 2640 drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, and only 6.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This figure is much higher than in most areas, though it has fallen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →2640, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), 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 0.3%. Only 10.4% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
10.4% ▲ +215.2%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -46.5%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Postcode 2640 has 373 public transport stops and 67 routes, meaning it has 9.35 stops per 1,000 people. This is far above the New South Wales average, although weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state figure.
373
Higher than 93% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.35
Higher than 87% 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).
1,001.4
Higher than 73% 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).
67
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2640, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2640/2640-nsw/topic/transport