18.2% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Double Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Double Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 60% of workers in Double Bay work from home, a figure far above the national average. This makes it a unique hub where high rates of remote work pair with excellent access to the city. Many residents forgo cars entirely, with 18.2% of homes having no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly one in five homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle in 51.2% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Double Bay, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is the dominant trend here, with 60.3% of people working from home, far above the Australian average of 21.0%. Only 16.6% of the workforce typically commutes by driving.
60.3% ▲ +732.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -89.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 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.
Public transport is highly frequent, with weekly departures per 1,000 people well above the state average. While there are 15 stops across five bus routes, the number of stops per person is far below the New South Wales figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.19
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).
1,795.9
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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
98,291
Higher than 89% 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).
312,480
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).
28
Lower than 94% 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 very fast, with a typical drive time of just 6 minutes. Most residents can also reach their nearest transport stop within a 3-minute walk.
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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Double Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11283/double-bay/topic/transport