2.0% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Castlecrag · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Castlecrag
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A staggering 58.4% of working residents in Castlecrag work from home, far exceeding both the state and national figures. This high rate of remote work is paired with very high car ownership, though the area's proximity to the city makes it an accessible pocket of Sydney.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 2% having no motor vehicle—a figure well below the New South Wales average. Most households own two vehicles, while 16.4% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Castlecrag, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is the dominant trend here, with the 58.4% who work from home far outnumbering the 24.4% who drive to work. Only 1.3% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
58.4% ▲ +439.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -90.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
The area is well served by 10 bus routes and 15 stops, which is larger than about 85% of similar areas. These services allow 85,387 people to be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.06
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).
1,096.5
Higher than 87% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
26,436
Higher than 79% 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).
85,387
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).
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 into the city is fast, with a drive time of just 10 minutes. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop is only 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Castlecrag [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10848/castlecrag/topic/transport