10.0% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Concord West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Concord West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 44% of people who work in Concord West do so from home, the biggest share of any travel method. This high rate of remote work is far above the national figure, while the area remains well-connected by a dense network of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 36.2% falling into each of those categories.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Concord West splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is very common here, with 43.7% of people working from home, far above the New South Wales figure of 31%. Only 3.7% use public transport to get to work, though this is still higher than in most similar areas.
43.7% ▲ +1083.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -79.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 area has a high number of public transport stops and routes, meaning over 157,000 people can reach the suburb within 45 minutes by transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure.
24
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.
3.88
Higher than 73% 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).
3,175.1
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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
47,408
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).
157,612
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).
52
Lower than 61% 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 around is convenient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Concord West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11000/concord-west/topic/transport