2.6% —
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Prestons · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Prestons
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Prestons go without a car, with only 2.6% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is a key part of daily life here, though nearly 30% of workers now avoid the commute by working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 43.1% having two and 21.1% having three. The share of homes with no vehicle is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Prestons, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 29.4%, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.5%.
29.4% —
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% —
Lower than 56% 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 mostly bus-based, with 13 different routes and 78 stops. This provides a high level of service, as weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the New South Wales figure.
78
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.97
Higher than 60% 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).
2,169.3
Higher than 86% 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).
13
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
32,276
Higher than 77% 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).
86,755
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident only one minute to walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. However, the 32-minute drive time to the city is higher than in most other areas.
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.
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).
More for Prestons
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Prestons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127031733/prestons/topic/transport