5.8% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Crestwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Crestwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A small number of households without cars marks a shift in how people move through Crestwood. While most residents rely on private vehicles, the area has more public transport routes than the vast majority of similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have one car and 32.6% have two. Only 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Crestwood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 67.5% as the driver. Only 6.9% of residents work from home, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
6.9% ▲ +430.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Buses are the only form of public transport here, with 5 routes and 16 stops. This is more than 86% of similar areas, though the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
16
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.
3.24
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).
523.3
Higher than 79% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is quick for residents, with a typical walk of only 3 minutes, which is much lower than in most other 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.
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)).
- 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 Crestwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11116/crestwood/topic/transport