10.6% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chester Hill - Sefton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Chester Hill - Sefton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge shift in how people travel has hit Chester Hill - Sefton since 2011, with working from home leaping from 2.1% to 26.6%. This change comes as more households get cars and the number of homes without a vehicle falls. The area is now strongly linked to the rest of Sydney through a very high number of public transport stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. However, this is a drop of 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Chester Hill - Sefton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 26.6%, a figure well above the national average. While 3.3% of people use public transport to get to work, this is a fall of 8.5 percentage points since 2011.
26.6% ▲ +1192.3%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -72.2%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 very accessible, with 6.57 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. The area has 137 stops and 10 routes, meaning over 350,000 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
137
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.
6.57
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).
1,068.3
Higher than 60% 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).
10
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
70,850
Higher than 87% 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).
350,099
Higher than 89% 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).
61
Higher than 55% 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 nearest stop is very easy, with a typical walk time of just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive to the city takes around 24 minutes.
1
Lower than 93% 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.
24
Lower than 52% 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 Chester Hill - Sefton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/125031479/chester-hill-sefton/topic/transport