7.8% ▼ -36.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Adamstown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Adamstown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become a common way to earn a living in Adamstown, with 24.8% of people now doing so. This reflects a shift in how the community connects to the workforce, even though most residents still rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, though 7.8% of homes have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than most similar areas, even if it is a little below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Adamstown splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of workers drive themselves to work, while 24.8% work from home, which is well above the national figure. Only 1.2% of people use public transport to commute, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas but still below the state average.
24.8% ▲ +977.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -62.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Adamstown has a high level of service with 35 stops and 5 routes, making it larger than about 88% of similar areas. There are 1,398.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, and the bus is the dominant mode of travel.
35
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.52
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,398.4
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality 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 to a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is higher than in most other similar places.
3
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality 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.
103
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality 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 Adamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10016/adamstown/topic/transport