Mayfield - Warabrook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Mayfield - Warabrook

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

About half of working residents in Mayfield - Warabrook drive themselves to work. The area is well served by public transport, but the proportion of people working from home has shot up to 24.2% since 2011.

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📍 Mayfield - Warabrook, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 9.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. This is a drop from 2011, when 15.1% of households didn't own a car.

9.9% ▼ -34.5%

Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 15.1%
  • 2016: 12.6%
  • 2021: 9.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Mayfield - Warabrook splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with No vehicle at 10%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has become far more common, rising 22 points since 2011 to reach 24.2%. Meanwhile, those using public transport for their commute fell to 1.4%, which is a little below the national figure.

24.2% ▲ +1084.0%

Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 24.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.4% ▼ -65.5%

Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Mayfield - Warabrook, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has very strong transit links, with 100 stops across 10 routes. This provides 1,809.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure.

100

Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

6.44

Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

1,809.7

Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 101 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

3

Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.

101

Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Mayfield - Warabrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111031227/mayfield-warabrook/topic/transport