6.8% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sydney - Blacktown · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Sydney - Blacktown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of working residents in Sydney - Blacktown drive themselves to work, marking the most common commute. While most homes own at least one car, there has been a massive shift toward remote work, with 33.2% of people now working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, while 6.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most areas, though the figure has fallen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sydney - Blacktown splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 31 percentage points since 2011 to reach 33.2%, a figure far above the national average. Meanwhile, those using public transport to get to work have fallen to 3.4%.
33.2% ▲ +1493.6%
Higher than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -69.8%
Higher than 65% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 access is strong, with 1,956 stops and 1,640.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. Buses are the primary mode, making up 97.5% of the network.
1,956
Higher than 75% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.88
Higher than 60% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,640.9
Higher than 79% of region (sa4) 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).
84
Higher than 55% of region (sa4) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sydney - Blacktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/116/sydney-blacktown/topic/transport