14.5% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parramatta · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Parramatta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has exploded in Parramatta, with the share of people doing so leaping from 2.4% in 2011 to 42.9% in 2021. This shift is part of a broader transport landscape where 14.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have one vehicle, while 14.5% have none. This lack of a car is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has remained steady since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Parramatta, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A far higher share of people work from home here than in the rest of Australia, at 42.9%. While 5.7% use public transport to get to work—which is much higher than most areas—this figure fell 14 points since 2011.
42.9% ▲ +1714.3%
Higher than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.7% ▼ -70.6%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
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.
Parramatta has one of the largest networks of 72 public transport routes and 622 stops. This supports a high volume of activity, with weekly departures per 1,000 people well above the New South Wales figure.
622
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.09
Lower than 58% 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).
2,026.1
Higher than 86% 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).
72
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes a typical resident about 5 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 22 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
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.
22
Lower than 60% 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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12504/parramatta/topic/transport