2.5% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Charles Sturt University · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Charles Sturt University
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the workers in Charles Sturt University commute by driving a car, with 58.1% taking the wheel. While the area has a high number of public transport stops and services, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very rare here at just 2.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Only 1.5% of people walk to work, and no one uses trains or public transport for their commute.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
The area is well served by buses, with 20.79 stops per 1,000 people and 1,646.7 weekly departures. This is far above the New South Wales figure and among the highest for similar areas.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
20.79
Higher than 93% 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).
1,646.7
Higher than 90% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for this level of area.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
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 Charles Sturt University [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10883/charles-sturt-university/topic/transport