2.6% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Camden · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Camden
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.6% of households in Camden have no motor vehicle, making car ownership essential for daily life here. This high reliance on driving is mirrored in the commute, where nearly half of all workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 43.9% owning two and 17.2% owning three. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is much lower than in most other areas and well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Camden, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has become much more common, rising 25 points since 2011 to reach 27.7%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.8%, which is a little below the national figure.
27.7% ▲ +834.6%
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -71.2%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Buses provide all of the public transport here, with no trains or ferries. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is around the middle for similar areas, weekly departures are higher than most.
341
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.
4.63
Higher than 54% 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).
1,179.9
Higher than 63% 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).
25
Lower than 54% 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.
A typical trip to the city takes 43 minutes, which is longer than in most areas. However, the walk to the nearest public transport stop is shorter than in most other places, taking only 3 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.
43
Higher than 62% 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 Camden
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Camden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12301/camden/topic/transport