4.7% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pennant Hills - Cheltenham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Pennant Hills - Cheltenham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in Pennant Hills - Cheltenham now work from home, with 51.4% avoiding a daily commute. This shift is part of a massive trend, as the proportion of people working from home rose 46 percentage points since 2011. The area relies heavily on cars, though it has a high number of public transport routes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 42% of homes owning two vehicles and 12% owning three. Only 4.7% 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 Pennant Hills - Cheltenham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, where the national figure is 21%. Meanwhile, the share of people using public transport to get to work fell 17 percentage points since 2011 to just 3.2%.
51.4% ▲ +804.1%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -84.1%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 17 public transport routes and 86 stops, which is more than about 84% of similar areas. While weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, the travel time to the city is higher than most areas at 64 minutes.
86
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.96
Lower than 55% 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).
1,675.6
Higher than 77% 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).
17
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,737
Higher 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).
85,650
Higher than 67% 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).
64
Higher than 61% 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 typically takes 20 minutes, which is around the middle for its level. However, walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 10 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
10
Higher than 71% 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 Pennant Hills - Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/126011496/pennant-hills-cheltenham/topic/transport