5.2% —
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carlingford - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Carlingford - East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the workforce in Carlingford - East works from home, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of remote work is a standout feature for the area, where most households rely on private cars for travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes are without a car, with only 5.2% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. About 40% of households own two vehicles, and another 12.2% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Carlingford - East splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 46.6% of the workforce doing so, far above the Australian average of 21%. Only 1.5% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the state and national figures.
46.6% —
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% —
Lower than 57% 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is provided entirely by buses, with 45 stops across 8 routes. However, there are fewer stops and departures per person than the state average, and it takes longer than most areas to reach the city by transit.
45
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.87
Lower than 57% 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).
955.2
Higher than 56% 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).
8
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,622
Lower than 65% 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).
90,274
Higher than 68% 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).
63
Higher than 59% 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.
The drive to the city typically takes 20 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas. Residents generally live close to transport, with a walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
20
Lower 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Carlingford - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/125021711/carlingford-east/topic/transport