2.9% —
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Schofields - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Schofields - East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become a major feature of life in Schofields - East, where 46.1% of workers do so. This is far above the national figure of 21% and marks the area as one of the highest for home-based work at this level.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 97.1% of homes owning at least one vehicle. This means only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Schofields - East splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (43%) and 2 vehicles (42%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 46.1% of people work from home, 31.1% drive themselves to work. A small number of residents use public transport, with 3.9% commuting this way, which is a little above the state figure of 2.7%.
46.1% —
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% —
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 82 public transport stops and 14 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, there are only 3.26 stops per 1,000 people, far below the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
82
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.26
Lower than 66% 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).
1,287.9
Higher than 67% 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).
14
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
25,130
Higher than 72% 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).
63,644
Higher than 60% 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 city takes 34 minutes by car, which is longer than in most areas. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop is 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 57% 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.
34
Higher than 62% 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 Schofields - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116021632/schofields-east/topic/transport