11.8% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Croydon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Croydon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all working residents in Croydon work from home, reaching a far above national figure of 46%. This shift away from traditional commuting is mirrored in the local streets, where a high number of households live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.8% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 46% owning a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Croydon, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 46% of people doing so—far above the New South Wales figure of 31%. Those who do commute are slightly more likely to use public transport than people in other areas.
46.0% ▲ +1066.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.1% ▼ -78.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
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.
Croydon has excellent connectivity, with 318,629 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, supported by 38 different stops and 15 routes.
38
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.53
Higher than 72% 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).
1,926.1
Higher than 91% 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
50,637
Higher than 87% 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).
318,629
Higher than 89% 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).
49
Lower than 66% 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 into the city is quick, with a drive time of just 11 minutes. The area is also very walkable, as the typical walk to the nearest transit stop takes only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Croydon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11135/croydon/topic/transport