8.8% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blacktown · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Blacktown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 30% of people in Blacktown now work from home, a figure well above the national average. This shift is part of a changing transport landscape where public transport use is more common than in most similar areas, despite a recent decline in commuting by train or bus.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 8.8% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure, although it has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Blacktown splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 29.9% since 2011, making it much more common here than in most areas. Meanwhile, 4.1% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little above the state average.
29.9% ▲ +1458.4%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -66.7%
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
Blacktown has very strong transit links, with 1,821.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure. The area has 725 stops and 54 routes, more than the vast majority of similar regions.
725
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.08
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,821.1
Higher than 82% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
54
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident about 5 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
5
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Blacktown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11601/blacktown/topic/transport