22.9% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alexandria · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alexandria
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people than ever are bypassing the daily commute in Alexandria, where 58.3% of workers now get their jobs done from home. This shift is part of a broader trend toward car-free living, with nearly a quarter of households owning no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 22.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average of 7.4%. For those who do own a car, one vehicle is the most common arrangement, seen in 57.1% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alexandria, 1 vehicle is the majority at 57%; No vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here at 58.3%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. Public transport use for work is also a little above the national average, with 4.6% of people using these services.
58.3% ▲ +1462.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -83.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 is highly accessible, with 6.11 stops per 1,000 people, a little above the state average. The area has 12 routes and 59 stops, making the typical transit time to the city much lower than most areas.
59
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.11
Higher than 82% 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).
3,341.7
Higher than 99% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
46,083
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
222,948
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
41
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is very fast, with a drive time of just 8 minutes. Pedestrians also have easy access to transit, as the walk to the nearest stop typically takes only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Alexandria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10030/alexandria/topic/transport