13.7% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Canley Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Canley Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Canley Vale live without a car than in most similar areas. While 13.7% of households have no motor vehicle, the suburb is well connected with a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to other areas of its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households do own a car, with 39.4% having one vehicle and 29.2% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Canley Vale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 22% of the workforce, though this is well below the state figure of 31%. Another 4.2% use public transport to get to work, which is a little above the national figure.
22.0% ▲ +1297.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -73.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Canley Vale has 42 public transport stops and 8 routes, among the largest totals for an area of this level. Despite this, the 704.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
42
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.
4.08
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).
704.7
Higher than 82% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
46,446
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).
262,113
Higher than 88% 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).
76
Higher than 83% 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.
It takes about 6 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. Driving to the city is relatively quick, taking 28 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
28
Lower than 76% 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 Canley Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10791/canley-vale/topic/transport