2.7% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Ryde · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Ryde
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all working residents in East Ryde work from home, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area stand out for its flexible work patterns, even though most households rely heavily on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here go without a car, with only 2.7% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, and nearly half of all homes own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Ryde, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 48.4%, which is far above the 21% national figure. This helps explain why only 0.8% of people use public transport for their commute, a rate a little below the state average.
48.4% ▲ +657.0%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -93.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 based entirely on buses, with four stops serving the area. While the number of weekly departures is much higher than most similar areas, the 67-minute transit time to the city is higher than most.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.59
Higher than 64% 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).
901.7
Higher than 86% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,622
Higher than 68% 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).
25,466
Higher than 53% 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).
67
Higher than 69% 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.
A 14-minute drive to the city is much lower than in most other areas. For those using public transport, the 17-minute walk to the nearest stop is around the middle for its level.
17
Higher than 56% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 East Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11364/east-ryde/topic/transport