3.8% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chatswood West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chatswood West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the working population now work from home in Chatswood West, a figure far above the national average. This shift is paired with a high reliance on cars, though very few households are completely without a vehicle. The area is well-connected by buses, with a short trip to the city center.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households own two cars, while 13.9% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chatswood West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 54% of people doing so, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 31%. Only 2.3% of workers use public transport to commute, which is about the same as the national rate.
54.0% ▲ +490.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -66.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Bus services are very frequent, with weekly departures per 1,000 people much higher than most areas. There are 19 public transport stops, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is far above the state figure.
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.
12.49
Higher than 88% 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).
1,436.6
Higher than 89% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
102,963
Higher than 79% 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).
46
Lower than 71% 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.
The area is very accessible, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. Driving to the city is quick, taking only 13 minutes, which is much 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Chatswood West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10892/chatswood-west/topic/transport