9.5% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bankstown · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Bankstown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Better public transport access than most similar areas defines Bankstown, where the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well above the New South Wales figure. While transit options are plentiful, working from home has surged to 31.7%. This shift means nearly a third of the local workforce now avoids a daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.5% of households in Bankstown have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. This figure has fallen 1.9 percentage points since 2011, and the most common situation is for a home to have one or two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bankstown splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose by 29 percentage points since 2011 to 31.7%, a figure far above the national average. Public transport use for work is about the same as the state and national figures at 3.1%, though this has fallen 8.6 percentage points over the last decade.
31.7% ▲ +1298.9%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -73.7%
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Bankstown is among the areas with the most public transport stops, totaling 1,027. With 40 different routes and 1,674.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are much higher than in most similar areas.
1,027
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.51
Higher than 73% 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).
1,674.3
Higher than 78% 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).
40
Higher than 71% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level. Similarly, the usual five-minute walk to the nearest transport stop is average for the region.
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.
23
Lower than 57% 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).
More for Bankstown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bankstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11901/bankstown/topic/transport