6.5% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Penrith · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Penrith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-seven per cent of workers in Penrith drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has a huge amount of public transport infrastructure, very few people actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 37.7% having two and 13.3% having three. Only 6.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Penrith splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 27.5% since 2011, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, public transport use for work has fallen sharply to just 1.8%, which is a little below the Australian average.
27.5% ▲ +837.8%
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -71.9%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Penrith has an extensive network with 1,036 public transport stops and 44 routes, making it larger than about 79% of similar areas. There are 6.5 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
1,036
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.
6.50
Higher than 86% 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).
1,342.6
Higher than 69% 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).
44
Higher than 75% 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 transport stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 36 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
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.
36
Higher than 58% 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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12403/penrith/topic/transport