3.4% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Caringbah South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Caringbah South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 40% of workers in Caringbah South now work from home, a figure far above the national rate. This high level of home-based work defines the local commute, while the area remains heavily dependent on private cars for those who do travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 45.6% of homes owning two vehicles and only 3.4% having none. This last figure is well below the New South Wales and national rates.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Caringbah South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a major trend, with 39% of residents doing so, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. For those who leave the house, 39.9% drive as the primary driver, while only 1% use public transport.
39.0% ▲ +658.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -83.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport options are plentiful, with 68 stops and 4 routes making this area one of the best served for its size. However, the weekly number of departures is far below the state average.
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.
5.16
Higher than 78% 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).
791.8
Higher than 84% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,384
Higher than 70% 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).
82,132
Higher than 75% 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).
79
Higher 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 a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much lower than in most other areas, taking about 26 minutes.
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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Caringbah South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10815/caringbah-south/topic/transport