Rosehill - Harris Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Rosehill - Harris Park

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A shift toward flexible work and public transit has shaped Rosehill - Harris Park, where 30.9% of people now work from home. This is a notable change that mirrors a broader national trend, though the area remains far more likely to be car-free than the rest of the state.

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📍 Rosehill - Harris Park, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About one in five homes (20.7%) in Rosehill - Harris Park have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is a single vehicle, held by 54.5% of households.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Rosehill - Harris Park, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; No vehicle is next at 21%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for commuting is well above the national figure, with 10.1% of workers using it. This high rate of transit use sits alongside a large proportion of the workforce—30.9%—who work from home, which is well above the Australian average of 21%.

10.1% —

Higher than 98% 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.

How people get to work

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Rosehill - Harris Park splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (40%) and Worked at home (38%), with Train at 10%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 3.43 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 5.27. While buses are the main mode of travel, the time it takes to reach the city by transit is much higher than in most areas.

31

Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

3.43

Lower than 63% 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).

820.2

Higher than 51% 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).

9,034

Lower than 75% 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).

39,604

Lower than 53% 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).

79

Higher than 84% 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.

Driving to the city is relatively quick at 19 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the 15-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than in other parts of the state.

15

Higher than 75% 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.

19

Lower than 63% 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 Rosehill - Harris Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/125041719/rosehill-harris-park/topic/transport