Campsie · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Campsie

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far more homes in Campsie go without a car than the state or national average, with nearly 20% of households owning no motor vehicle. This high rate of car-free living is supported by an extensive public transport network and very short travel times to the city.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 19.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and the Australian figure of 7.4%. Just under half of all households own one vehicle, while 23.4% have two.

19.7% ▼ -11.5%

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.3%
  • 2016: 18.6%
  • 2021: 19.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Campsie, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (23%) and No vehicle (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for commuting is well above the national and state figures at 9.4%. While 27.1% of the workforce works from home, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.

27.1% ▲ +1480.9%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 27.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

9.4% ▼ -62.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.8%
  • 2016: 26.8%
  • 2021: 9.4%

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.

How people get to work

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Campsie splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (41%) and Worked at home (38%), with Train at 9%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Campsie is one of the best-connected areas, with 60 public transport stops and 16 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the state figure, and 313,450 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.

2.30

Higher than 66% 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).

1,523.8

Higher than 89% 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).

115,983

Higher than 90% 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).

313,450

Higher than 89% 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).

47

Lower than 70% 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 around is efficient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

15

Lower than 88% 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 Campsie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10781/campsie/topic/transport