18.4% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged by 39 percentage points since 2011 in Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield, where 42% of people now work from their own residence. This shift is part of a broader trend where the area has become far more reliant on home-based work than both the state and national averages.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 18.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households rely on a single car, with 48.6% of homes owning one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and No vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is well above the national figure at 8.7%, though this fell 18 points since 2011. This decline coincides with the massive rise in people working from home, which now accounts for 42% of all commutes.
42.0% ▲ +1181.6%
Higher than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.7% ▼ -67.3%
Higher than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
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.
The area has 74 public transport routes and 599 stops, which is more than 82% of similar areas. While there are fewer stops per person than the state average, the 1,932.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well above the state figure.
599
Higher than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.71
Lower 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).
1,932.6
Higher than 85% 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).
74
Higher than 87% 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 around is efficient, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also much lower than most areas, taking only 12 minutes.
3
Lower than 71% 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.
12
Lower than 83% 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 Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12003/strathfield-burwood-ashfield/topic/transport