10.9% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chifley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chifley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now work from home in Chifley than ever before, with 36.0% of the workforce doing so. This shift is far above the national figure of 21.0% and shows a move away from traditional commuting in this well-connected part of Sydney.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 7.4% seen across Australia. Most households do own a car, with 38.6% having two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chifley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 36.0%, a rate far above the national figure. While 39.0% of workers drive to their jobs, only 2.3% use public transport, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
36.0% ▲ +1085.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -81.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 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.
Public transport is highly available, with 21 stops and 5 routes, putting Chifley in the top 12% of similar areas. The 3,971.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
21
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.
6.02
Higher than 82% 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).
3,971.1
Higher than 99% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
62,241
Higher than 87% 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).
113,495
Higher than 82% 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).
55
Lower than 55% 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 to the city is quick, with a drive time of 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest stop is also very easy, as the walk time 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Chifley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10900/chifley/topic/transport