13.6% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Annandale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Annandale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 35 percentage point gap separates Annandale from the national average in work-from-home rates. This inner-city suburb is defined by a high proportion of residents who work from home and a significant number of households that choose to live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Over half of all households have just one vehicle, while 26.3% own two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Annandale, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 56.1% of people doing so—a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is 2.9%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
56.1% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% —
Higher than 64% 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.
Frequent services make this area highly connected, with weekly departures per 1,000 people well above the state average. While there are far fewer stops per person than in most areas, the total number of routes is higher than in about 69% of similar places.
16
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.69
Lower than 82% 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).
1,690.5
Higher than 77% 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).
11
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
70,803
Higher than 87% 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).
257,267
Higher than 87% 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).
43
Lower 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 into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of only 6 minutes. This ease of movement is supported by a short walk to the nearest transport stop, which takes just one minute.
1
Lower than 93% 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.
6
Lower than 98% 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 Annandale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/120021674/annandale/topic/transport