14.3% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bexley - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Bexley - South live without a car compared to the national average, with 14.3% of homes having no motor vehicle. This gap is mirrored in the commute, where the area has a much higher rate of public transport use than both the state and the country.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 14.3% of households here do not own a car, which is well above the 9.2% seen across New South Wales. Most homes that do have vehicles own just one (46.7%) or two (27.3%).
14.3% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Bexley - South, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (14%).
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 9.5% of workers, a figure well above the national average of 3.1%. Working from home is also very common here at 30.7%, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure.
30.7% —
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.5% —
Higher than 97% 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.
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area is well served by 81 public transport stops, a total larger than about 81% of similar areas. Most of these services are buses, and the network allows over 141,000 people to be reachable within 45 minutes.
81
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.12
Higher than 62% 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).
780.9
Lower than 51% 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).
7
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
39,027
Higher than 82% 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).
141,305
Higher than 78% 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).
55
Lower than 56% 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.
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A drive to the city takes about 18 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Residents typically walk about 4 minutes to reach their nearest transport 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.
18
Lower than 66% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bexley - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119041670/bexley-south/topic/transport