23.0% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ashfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ashfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 42% of workers in Ashfield work from home, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area a hub for remote professionals who benefit from a very short 11-minute drive to the city. The suburb is well-connected, with public transport and home-working options reducing the need for private cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 23% of homes in Ashfield have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households that do own a car have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ashfield, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; No vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is well above the national average at 10.1%. This is a high-ranking area for flexible work, with 41.9% of people working from home, which is far above the 21% seen across Australia.
41.9% ▲ +1606.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
10.1% ▼ -70.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 suburb is exceptionally well-served by transit, with 99 stops and 15 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, and the typical trip to the city takes just 34 minutes.
99
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.30
Higher than 75% 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).
1,683.6
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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
187,646
Higher than 94% 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).
793,300
Higher than 96% 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).
34
Lower than 89% 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 around is easy for residents, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 1 minute. This is much lower than most areas, reflecting the suburb's high accessibility.
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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Ashfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10099/ashfield/topic/transport