8.7% —
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Earlwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Earlwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the workforce in Earlwood now works from home, a shift that stands out compared to the rest of the country. This high rate of remote work defines the area's current transport patterns, though residents still enjoy a very short 17-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own one or two cars, with 37.7% having one and 34.7% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Earlwood splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 46.2% of workers doing so—a figure far above the national average of 21%. Only 2.3% of people commute by public transport, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
46.2% —
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% —
Higher than 57% 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.
Earlwood has 74 public transport stops, which is more than about 77% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure.
74
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.12
Lower than 53% 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).
2,076.6
Higher than 85% 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).
32,252
Higher than 77% 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).
189,786
Higher than 86% 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).
53
Lower than 60% 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 around is relatively easy, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 17 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
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.
17
Lower than 69% 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 Earlwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119021662/earlwood/topic/transport