9.6% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Birmingham Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Birmingham Gardens
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Quick access to bus stops defines daily travel in Birmingham Gardens, where most residents rely on cars but have excellent proximity to transit. While 9.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, the area provides a high number of public transport options compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 40% of homes have one vehicle and 31.2% have two. The proportion of households without a car is 9.6%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Birmingham Gardens, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 53.6% as the driver. Only 13.3% of residents work from home, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average and well below the national rate.
13.3% ▲ +404.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 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 is primarily bus-based, with 15 stops and 9 routes serving the area. The number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people are both much higher than in most similar areas.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.77
Higher than 81% 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).
1,320.6
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).
9
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.
A short three-minute walk to the nearest stop is much lower than most areas, though the drive time to the city is higher than most.
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.
96
Higher than 66% 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 Birmingham Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10376/birmingham-gardens/topic/transport