3.3% ▼ -62.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eastern Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eastern Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A small number of homes without cars define the transport landscape in Eastern Creek, where only 3.3% of households lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a strong reliance on private transport in this part of Sydney.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 35.4% owning two vehicles. Only 3.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the typical figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Eastern Creek splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, while 17.8% work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the New South Wales average of 31%.
17.8% ▲ +575.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
The area has a very high number of public transport stops and departures compared to the rest of the state, though all available services are buses.
55
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.
62.93
Higher than 99% 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).
11,081.2
Higher than 99% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively easy, with a short 6-minute walk to the nearest stop and a 35-minute drive to the city, both of which are lower than in most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
35
Lower than 70% 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 Eastern Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11369/eastern-creek/topic/transport