8.4% ▼ -45.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carrington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carrington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of working residents in Carrington drive themselves to work, though the area is well-served by transit. This is a place where public transport is highly accessible, with a very high number of stops for the local population. While car use is common, about a quarter of the workforce now works from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 8.4% of households have no motor vehicle. This figure is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Carrington splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 25.2% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure. Only 1.2% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is higher than most similar areas but still a little below the state and national figures.
25.2% ▲ +1115.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -56.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Carrington has excellent transit access, with 19 stops and 9.22 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. All available public transport is provided by buses.
19
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.
9.22
Higher than 87% 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).
1,284.8
Higher than 88% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents have very easy access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking zero minutes. However, the drive time to the city is higher than in most areas.
0
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.
106
Higher than 73% 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)).
- 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 Carrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10829/carrington/topic/transport