Edmondson Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Edmondson Park

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

More people work from home in Edmondson Park than in most similar areas, with 36.1% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This trend is far above the national figure of 21%. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a higher rate of public transport use for work than most similar places.

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📍 Edmondson Park, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes in Edmondson Park go without a car, with only 3.1% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, and the most common setup is two vehicles per household at 45.2%.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Edmondson Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, at 36.1%, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. Other than working from home, the most common way to get to work is driving, while 3.5% use public transport.

3.5%

Higher than 72% 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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Edmondson Park splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (47%) and Worked at home (44%), with Train at 4%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 15 public transport routes, which is more than about 80% of similar areas. However, there are only 1.99 stops per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27.

24

Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

1.99

Lower 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).

710.8

Lower than 54% 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).

22,616

Higher than 67% 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).

22,616

Lower 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes longer to get around here than in most similar areas, with an 8-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 32 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

8

Higher than 64% 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.

32

Higher 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 Edmondson Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127031730/edmondson-park/topic/transport