13.6% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Annandale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Annandale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Annandale than the national figure, with 56.3% of the workforce doing so. This reflects a modern shift in how people get around the area, where many avoid the daily commute entirely. These trends are mirrored in the local housing, where a large number of households choose to live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households keep one car, while 26.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Annandale, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the primary way people get to work here, far exceeding the Australian average. For those who do travel, 2.9% use public transport, which is about the same as the national figure.
56.3% ▲ +800.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -87.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 frequent, with 1,753.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, well above the state average. The area has 17 stops across 11 routes, all of which are bus services.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.79
Higher than 64% 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).
1,753.1
Higher than 90% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
70,803
Higher than 88% 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).
268,723
Higher than 88% 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).
43
Lower than 76% 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 to the city is very quick, with a typical drive time of just 6 minutes. Most residents are only a 1-minute walk from their nearest transport stop.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Annandale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10062/annandale/topic/transport