19.5% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Marrickville - Sydenham - Petersham · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Marrickville - Sydenham - Petersham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 20% of homes in Marrickville - Sydenham - Petersham have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. This area is highly connected, with a very short walk to transport and a huge number of weekly departures compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About one in five homes here have no car, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. Most households own just one vehicle, while only 1.8% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Marrickville - Sydenham - Petersham, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 51.5% of people doing so—far above the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for work is a little above the state average at 5.7%, though this has fallen 24 points since 2011.
51.5% ▲ +1298.6%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.7% ▼ -80.6%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
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.
While the number of stops per person is far below the state average, there are 48 different routes serving the area. This helps explain why weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the New South Wales figure.
162
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.96
Lower than 75% 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).
2,233.6
Higher than 89% 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).
48
Higher than 78% 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.
Getting into the city is fast, with a typical drive time of just 11 minutes. Residents also have very easy access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only one minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
11
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) 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)).
- 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 Marrickville - Sydenham - Petersham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11702/marrickville-sydenham-petersham/topic/transport