3.3% —
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Quakers Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Quakers Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Quakers Hill compared to the national figure, with 38.6% of the workforce doing so. This preference for home-based work is a standout feature of the area, which also sees a very high level of car ownership.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common here, with 41% of homes owning two vehicles and only 3.3% having none. This lack of carless households is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Quakers Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply to 38.6% since 2016, while the share of people using public transport to get to work fell 11 points to 3.8%. Driving remains a primary choice, with 36.4% of workers commuting as the driver.
38.6% —
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
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.
Quakers Hill has a high number of stops, with 97 serving the area, though the 85-minute transit time to the city is among the highest for similar places. Bus travel is the dominant mode of public transport at 96.2%.
97
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.
3.93
Lower than 56% 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).
1,138.2
Higher than 62% 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).
8
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
28,338
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
123,973
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
85
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is easier than in most areas, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is around 30 minutes, which is middle-of-the-road for this level of area.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
30
Higher than 58% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Quakers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116021563/quakers-hill/topic/transport