8.8% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Birchgrove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Birchgrove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on cars here than in most similar areas, with Birchgrove standing out for its extremely high rate of remote work. A huge 62% of people work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This shift is reflected in the local lifestyle, where many residents avoid a daily commute entirely.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Half of all households keep just one vehicle, while 31.9% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Birchgrove, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 32%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice for 62% of residents, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 31%. Those who do travel, 18.8% typically drive as the sole occupant of a car.
62.0% ▲ +619.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -89.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 access is strong, with 155,475 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. While there are only 6 stops and all services are buses, the transit time to the city is much lower than in most similar areas.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.86
Higher than 65% 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).
437.7
Higher than 77% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
29,403
Higher than 82% 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).
155,475
Higher than 86% 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).
42
Lower than 78% 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 quick, with a typical drive time of just 8 minutes. This ease of movement is supported by the fact that most people have only a 1-minute walk to the 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.
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 Birchgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10373/birchgrove/topic/transport