8.8% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Earlwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Earlwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of working residents in Earlwood work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work defines the area's travel patterns, though the suburb remains very well connected by bus services and short drive times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most homes have either one or two cars, with 37.7% owning one and 34.8% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Earlwood splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a dominant trend here, with 46.2% of people doing so, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Only 2.3% of the workforce commutes via public transport, a rate that is about the same as the state and national averages.
46.2% ▲ +1303.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -83.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Earlwood has strong public transport infrastructure, with 75 stops and 8 routes, among the largest numbers for an area of its size. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales figure, weekly departures are well above the state average.
75
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.15
Higher than 74% 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).
2,090.2
Higher than 92% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
32,252
Higher than 84% 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).
189,786
Higher than 87% 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).
53
Lower than 59% 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 area is highly accessible, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop. Driving to the city is also quite fast, taking about 17 minutes, which is much lower than most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Earlwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11346/earlwood/topic/transport