1.1% ▼ -54.9%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Erskine Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Erskine Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Erskine Park go without a car, with only 1.1% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest rates of carless households in the region. Most residents rely heavily on private transport for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, as 40.1% of homes have two vehicles and 15.4% have four or more. The share of homes without a car is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Erskine Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of workers drive themselves to work, while 25.8% work from home, a figure well above the Australian average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.9%, which is a little below the national figure.
25.8% ▲ +1516.4%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -78.8%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 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 46 stops and weekly departures are well above the New South Wales average, the network is limited to buses. This means only 6,486 people are reachable by transit within 45 minutes, which is smaller than about 90% of similar areas.
46
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.09
Higher than 84% 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).
1,771.4
Higher than 79% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,486
Lower than 85% 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).
6,486
Lower than 90% 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 takes longer than in most areas, with a typical six-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also higher than most areas, at 33 minutes.
6
Higher than 57% 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.
33
Higher than 61% 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 Erskine Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124051469/erskine-park/topic/transport