5.8% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chiswick · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chiswick
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Chiswick works from home, a figure far above the 21% national average. This heavy shift toward remote work defines the local transport landscape, though the area remains well-connected with strong public transport links.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chiswick, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice for 51.3% of residents, far exceeding the New South Wales figure of 31%. Only 2.9% of people commute using public transport.
51.3% ▲ +1133.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -84.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 highly accessible, with 170,979 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. While there are 9 stops and 2 routes, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state average.
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.
3.09
Higher than 70% 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).
2,178.4
Higher than 93% 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).
39,299
Higher than 86% 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).
170,979
Higher than 86% 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).
57
Lower than 51% 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.
Chiswick is very convenient for commuters, with a short 2-minute walk to the nearest stop and a drive time to the city of just 10 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Chiswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10909/chiswick/topic/transport