5.5% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bayview - Elanora Heights · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Bayview - Elanora Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 43% of people in Bayview - Elanora Heights work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work is a defining feature of the area, where most residents rely on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 40.2% owning two and 12.1% having four or more. Only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bayview - Elanora Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, a figure that fell to 0.9% in 2021. Instead, working from home has surged by 31 percentage points since 2011 to reach a level far above the rest of Australia.
42.8% ▲ +266.9%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -78.8%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
While there are 69 stops and 6.14 stops per 1,000 people—higher than the state average—these services are exclusively buses. Despite this, the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is smaller than in about 81% of similar areas.
69
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.14
Higher than 74% 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).
1,409.3
Higher than 71% 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,243
Lower than 66% 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).
11,243
Lower than 83% 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.
Getting around on foot is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 61 minutes on average. This is among the highest times for this level, and the drive to the city typically takes 32 minutes.
61
Higher than 96% 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.
32
Higher than 60% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bayview - Elanora Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/122021421/bayview-elanora-heights/topic/transport