18.3% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cabramatta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cabramatta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly one in five homes in Cabramatta have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This reliance on non-car travel is supported by an extensive public transport network, with residents living just one minute from the nearest stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
At 18.3%, the share of homes without a car is among the highest for similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have one vehicle (43.9%) or two (24.4%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cabramatta, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and No vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is a little above the national figure at 5.6%. Meanwhile, 15.5% of people work from home, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 31.0%.
15.5% ▲ +1133.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.6% ▼ -61.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
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.
Cabramatta is a major hub with 14 routes and 68 stops, making it larger than about 91% of similar areas for the number of people reachable by transit. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
68
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.22
Higher than 70% 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).
725.9
Higher than 83% 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).
14
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
46,362
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).
179,810
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).
81
Higher than 90% 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 29 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest stop is very easy, taking only one minute, which is much lower than most 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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 Cabramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10738/cabramatta/topic/transport