1.4% ▲ +120.4%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macarthur · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Macarthur
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Macarthur than they were in 2011, though car reliance remains dominant. The area has very few households without a car—only 1.4%—which is well below the national figure. This heavy dependence on private vehicles is mirrored by a very limited public transport network.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 51% owning two vehicles and 18.7% owning three. Only 1.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Macarthur, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 66.7% of residents. Very few people use public transport (1.2%), which is well below the territory average, while 11.7% work from home—a figure that rose 9.0 points since 2011.
11.7% ▲ +338.2%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -50.7%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Public transport options are limited here, with only 2 stops and 3 routes serving the area. This results in a low density of 1.42 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the territory average of 5.72.
2
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.42
Lower than 84% 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).
401.4
Lower than 66% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,379
Lower than 73% 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).
24,313
Lower 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).
78
Higher than 83% 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.
The drive time to the city is relatively short at 16 minutes. However, it takes longer than in most areas to reach the nearest transit stop, with a typical walk of 7 minutes.
7
Higher than 61% 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.
16
Lower than 71% 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 Macarthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801071083/macarthur/topic/transport