6.6% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sydney - Northern Beaches · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Sydney - Northern Beaches
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 44% of workers in Sydney - Northern Beaches now work from home, marking a huge shift in how people get around. This leap from just 6.5% in 2011 shows a workforce that relies far less on daily commuting than most other parts of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.4% owning two. Only 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is slightly lower than the New South Wales average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sydney - Northern Beaches splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, where the national figure is 21%. Meanwhile, the share of people commuting by public transport has plummeted by 9.5 percentage points since 2011 to just 2.7%.
44.0% ▲ +576.2%
Higher than 96% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -78.1%
Higher than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
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.
The area has a high number of public transport departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. While there are 1,274 stops across the region, all public transport services are provided by buses.
1,274
Higher than 58% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.83
Higher than 59% 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).
2,206.1
Higher than 90% 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).
48
Lower than 74% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sydney - Northern Beaches [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/122/sydney-northern-beaches/topic/transport