3.5% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pittwater · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Pittwater
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High car ownership and a massive shift toward remote work define daily travel in Pittwater. More than 40% of people now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This trend reflects a local lifestyle where most households rely on their own vehicles and few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here get by without a car, with only 3.5% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have at least two vehicles, with 43.3% owning exactly two and 23.5% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pittwater, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged since 2011 to reach 40.7%, a rate far above the Australian average of 21%. Meanwhile, those using public transport to get to work have fallen to just 1.2%, which is a little below both state and national figures.
40.7% ▲ +350.9%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -79.8%
Lower than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 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 is provided entirely by buses, with 2,110.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. While the area has 339 stops, the number of routes is smaller than about 78% of similar areas.
339
Higher than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.34
Higher than 70% 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).
2,110.6
Higher than 87% 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).
11
Lower 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 to a nearby stop is very quick, with a typical walk time of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 31 minutes, placing it in the middle for its level.
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.
31
Higher than 53% 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 Pittwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12202/pittwater/topic/transport