14.9% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 92% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sydney - Inner West · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Sydney - Inner West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all workers in Sydney - Inner West now work from home, reflecting a massive shift in how people get around. This area is also much more likely to be car-free than the rest of the country, with 14.9% of homes owning no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 15% of households have no car, which is well above the own-no-car rates for New South Wales (9.2%) and Australia (7.4%). This level of car-free living has remained steady since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sydney - Inner West, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged since 2011, now accounting for 46.7% of the workforce, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. Meanwhile, the share of people using public transport to commute fell from 23.6% in 2011 to 6.2% in 2021.
46.7% ▲ +1032.3%
Higher than 98% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.2% ▼ -73.9%
Higher than 88% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
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.
While there are fewer stops per person than in the state average, the area has one of the highest rates of weekly departures, with 2,103.7 per 1,000 people. Most of this service is provided by buses, which make up 96.2% of the network.
1,029
Lower than 53% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.38
Lower than 79% 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).
2,103.7
Higher than 89% 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).
90
Higher than 63% 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 - Inner West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/120/sydney-inner-west/topic/transport