2.5% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Collaroy Plateau · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Collaroy Plateau
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 3% of homes lack a car in Collaroy Plateau, making it much more reliant on private vehicles than the state average. This is a place where working from home is very common, with nearly 40% of the workforce staying put for their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 45.6% of homes having two vehicles and 12.8% owning four or more. Only 2.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Collaroy Plateau, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a major trend here, with 39% of people doing so—a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. Only 1.6% of workers use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
39.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar places, with 2,297 weekly departures per 1,000 people. However, the 77-minute transit time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
27
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.
5.62
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).
2,297.0
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
25,221
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).
74,746
Higher than 73% 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).
77
Higher than 84% 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.
Residents can reach the nearest stop in just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also much lower than in similar places, taking about 22 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Collaroy Plateau [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10971/collaroy-plateau/topic/transport