3.8% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Como · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Como
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Como now work from home, a figure far above the national rate of 21%. This shift towards remote work is a defining feature of the area's transport profile, as the suburb balances high car ownership with strong access to local public transport infrastructure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 45.9% owning two vehicles and another 19.6% owning three or more. Only 3.8% 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 Como, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the primary way people earn a living here, at 50.3%, which is far above the New South Wales average of 31%. For those who leave the house, 28.5% drive as the main driver, while 3% use public transport.
50.3% ▲ +1170.6%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -85.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Como has a high number of transit stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 14 stops and 4 routes. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and it takes about an hour to reach the city by transit.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.45
Higher than 71% 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).
374.8
Higher than 76% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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).
58,900
Higher than 68% 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).
60
Higher than 56% 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 nearest transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 31 minutes, also lower than in many other suburbs.
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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Como [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10996/como/topic/transport