0.5% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Davidson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Davidson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the workforce in Davidson works from home, a figure far above the national rate. This high level of home-based work is reflected in the area's heavy reliance on private cars and a very low use of public transport for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with 51.1% of households keeping two vehicles. Only 0.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Davidson, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work for 49.8% of residents, far above the 21.0% national average. Only 1.4% of the workforce uses public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
49.8% ▲ +851.9%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -81.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Public transport is exclusively provided by buses, with 10 stops and two routes serving the area. Despite having more stops than most similar areas, the 75-minute trip to the city is much higher than in other places.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.67
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).
858.7
Higher than 85% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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).
13,161
Lower than 56% 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).
75
Higher than 81% 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.
The drive time to the city is 22 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have very quick access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop being among the lowest at this level.
0
Lower than 99% 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 Davidson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11221/davidson/topic/transport