Mosman - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Mosman - North

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More than half of the workforce in Mosman - North works from home, a figure far above the national rate of 21%. This strong trend toward remote work is mirrored in the high number of households that do not own a motor vehicle. The area is exceptionally well-connected, with a very short trip to the city and high access to public transport.

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📍 Mosman - North, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 12.8% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.4% national figure. While 46.3% of households have one car, 30.1% own two.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mosman - North, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is incredibly common here, with 58.1% of people doing so—far above the New South Wales rate of 31%. Only 3.6% of workers commute using public transport, which is slightly higher than most other areas.

3.6%

Higher than 72% 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.

How people get to work

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In Mosman - North, Worked at home is the majority at 67%; Car (driver) is next at 23%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is highly accessible, with 6.61 stops per 1,000 people, well above the state figure of 5.27. The area is served by 22 different bus routes, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest in the country.

91

Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

6.61

Higher than 79% 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).

3,182.6

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).

76,857

Higher than 88% 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).

197,138

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).

36

Lower than 87% 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 to the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 8 minutes. Access to transit is nearly instant, as the walk to the nearest stop is among the lowest at this level.

0

Lower than 99% 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.

8

Lower than 93% 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 Mosman - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/121041688/mosman-north/topic/transport