4.4% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Emu Plains - Leonay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Emu Plains - Leonay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Emu Plains - Leonay than across Australia, with 32.2% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This reliance on home-based work is a major shift for the area, as the number of people working from home has jumped 29 percentage points since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 40.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 24.9% owning three or more. Only 4.4% 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 Emu Plains - Leonay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.1%, a figure that has fallen 6.1 percentage points since 2011. Most people either drive or work from home, which is much more common here than in most other areas.
32.2% ▲ +881.1%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -84.7%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
The area has 127 public transport stops, among the largest totals for similar areas, with 9.13 stops per 1,000 people being far above the state figure. Despite this, the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is smaller than in about 78% of similar areas.
127
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.13
Higher than 87% 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).
1,162.0
Higher than 63% 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).
7
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,914
Lower than 56% 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).
13,914
Lower than 79% 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.
Reaching the city takes 41 minutes, which is longer than in most areas. Getting to the nearest stop is also more difficult here, with a typical 21-minute walk that is much higher than in most other areas.
21
Higher than 80% 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.
41
Higher than 69% 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 Emu Plains - Leonay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124031459/emu-plains-leonay/topic/transport