4.6% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Turramurra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Turramurra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Turramurra than in almost any other similar area, with over half the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This shift is the defining feature of local transport, as the percentage of people working from home surged from 8.0% in 2011 to 55.5% in 2021.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, and 41.4% have two. Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Turramurra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, where the typical figure is 21.0%. Meanwhile, the share of people using public transport to get to work has fallen sharply since 2011, dropping from 15.2% to 2.2%.
55.5% ▲ +591.7%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -85.6%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Turramurra has a very high level of service, with 142 public transport stops and 12 routes. The number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people are both well above the state average.
142
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.01
Higher than 83% 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).
1,635.7
Higher than 76% 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).
12
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
20,251
Higher than 62% 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).
20,251
Lower than 71% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 5 minutes. It takes about 26 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas.
5
Higher than 50% 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.
26
Higher than 52% 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 Turramurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121031411/turramurra/topic/transport