9.3% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Liverpool · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Liverpool
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift toward flexible work defines daily life in Liverpool, where 30.5% of workers now stay home for their jobs. While public transport services are frequent and plentiful, the area is located far from the city center, leading to long travel times for those who must commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.3% of homes in Liverpool have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. The most common setup is one or two cars per household, though the proportion of car-free homes has fallen by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Liverpool splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 28 percentage points since 2011, with 30.5% of residents now doing so—a figure well above the Australian average of 21%. In contrast, those using public transport to get to work fell to 2.8%.
30.5% ▲ +1315.7%
Higher than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -70.1%
Higher than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
Liverpool has 645 public transport stops and 44 routes, which is more than the vast majority of similar areas. This results in 1,508.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure a little above the New South Wales average.
645
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.74
Higher than 56% 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).
1,508.9
Higher than 74% 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 into the city takes a long time from here, with a typical drive time of 259 minutes, which is among the highest for areas at this level.
259
Higher than 99% 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 Liverpool
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Liverpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12703/liverpool/topic/transport