31.3% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Burwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 31% of homes in Burwood have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure. This highlights a strong reliance on other ways of moving, supported by a high number of transport routes and a very short commute to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 31.3% of households do not own a car, a rate far above the 9.2% seen across New South Wales. For those who do, the most common setup is a single vehicle, held by 47.2% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burwood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by No vehicle (31%) and 2 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 33.8% of people doing so, which is far above the Australian figure. Those who do travel are much more likely to use public transport (15.2%) compared to the rest of the state.
33.8% ▲ +1092.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
15.2% ▼ -58.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
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.
Burwood is an exceptionally well-connected hub with 31 different routes and 55 stops. It has among the highest number of weekly departures per 1,000 people, which helps explain why it is so easy to reach the city in just 36 minutes.
55
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.02
Higher than 69% 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).
2,824.6
Higher than 96% 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).
31
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
276,218
Higher than 99% 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).
891,851
Higher than 98% 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).
36
Lower than 87% 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 by car takes only 13 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy some of the easiest access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking zero minutes.
0
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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10716/burwood/topic/transport