14.2% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Busby · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Busby
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A tiny one-minute walk to the nearest stop makes Busby one of the most accessible areas for those without a car. While 14.2% of homes have no motor vehicle—well above the national figure—the area is served by five public transport routes and 18 stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Far more homes here lack a motor vehicle compared to most similar areas, with 14.2% of households owning none. This is well above the 9.2% seen across New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Busby splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with No vehicle at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, and 15.4% work from home, which is well below the national figure. Public transport use for commuting is 2.9%, about the same as the state and national averages.
15.4% ▲ +1889.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -64.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 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.
The area has a strong transit network with 18 stops, all of which are bus services. This helps residents reach over 135,000 people within 45 minutes, a reach larger than about 86% of similar areas.
18
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.
4.05
Higher than 74% 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).
1,156.1
Higher than 87% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
43,919
Higher than 86% 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).
135,347
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is efficient, with a very short one-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 33 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
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.
33
Lower than 71% 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 Busby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10718/busby/topic/transport