Chullora · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Chullora

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

More people work from home in Chullora than in most similar areas, with 40.6% of the workforce doing so. This shift is part of a larger trend where remote work has surged by 38 percentage points since 2016. While public transport infrastructure is frequent, the area remains heavily reliant on private vehicles for travel.

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📍 Chullora, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have at least one car, and 42.5% have two. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, though this number has risen slightly since 2016.

5.2% —

Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 5.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Chullora, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

A huge 40.6% of people work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This has happened as public transport use for commuting plummeted from 20% in 2016 to just 2.1% in 2021.

40.6% —

Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 40.6%

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

2.1% —

Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 20.0%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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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Chullora splits fairly evenly between Worked at home (49%) and Car (driver) (44%), with Car (passenger) at 4%.

Public transport access

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

Chullora has a very high number of transport stops and departures per person compared to the state average. However, it is a bus-only area, and the 74-minute trip to the city is much higher than in most areas.

20

Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

13.61

Higher than 90% 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).

4,070.1

Higher than 88% 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).

1,469

Lower than 97% 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).

90,184

Higher than 68% 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).

74

Higher than 77% 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 by car takes about 20 minutes, which is typical for areas like this. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.

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.

20

Lower than 60% 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 Chullora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119011355/chullora/topic/transport