32.7% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Burwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a third of working residents in Burwood work from home, reflecting a modern shift in how the local population connects to employment. The area is a major transit hub where public transport is far more common than in other parts of the state. This accessibility is mirrored in the high number of households that live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 32.7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Roughly 48% of households rely on a single vehicle, while only 14.8% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burwood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by No vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 15.5% of workers, a figure far above the national average of 3.1%. Working from home is also very common at 34.1%, which is well above the state average.
34.1% —
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
15.5% —
Higher than 99% 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.
Burwood has exceptional connectivity, with 735,501 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. While it has fewer stops per person than most areas, it sees far more weekly departures per 1,000 people than the state average.
42
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.63
Lower than 73% 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).
2,761.2
Higher than 87% 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).
31
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
204,772
Higher than 96% 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).
735,501
Higher than 96% 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).
38
Lower than 84% 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.
The area is highly accessible, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. It also offers a very short drive time to the city of just 14 minutes.
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.
14
Lower than 77% 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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/120031678/burwood/topic/transport