2.4% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cherrybrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cherrybrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Cherrybrook works from home, a rate far above the national figure. This makes it one of the highest-ranking areas for home-based work in the region. While most residents rely on cars, the suburb is also well-served by a high number of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in Cherrybrook go without a car, with only 2.4% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cherrybrook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant trend here, with 53.1% of people doing so, which is far above the Australian average of 21.0%. Only 2.7% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
53.1% ▲ +954.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -82.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 suburb has a high number of public transport stops and routes, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the state figure. Most of this access is via bus, though the transit time to the city is higher than in most areas.
107
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.61
Higher than 80% 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).
3,104.1
Higher than 98% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
24,752
Higher than 78% 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).
100,931
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).
62
Higher than 60% 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.
It takes about 23 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than in most similar areas. Additionally, the walk to the nearest transport stop is among the lowest at this level.
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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Cherrybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10897/cherrybrook/topic/transport