11.6% ▼ -38.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eastgardens · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eastgardens
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Eastgardens than in most similar areas, with 34.3% of the workforce doing so. This high rate of remote work and a quick 13-minute drive to the city make the area stand out for its connectivity. While most residents rely on cars, there is a notable number of households without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 7.4% national figure. For those who do own cars, nearly half of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eastgardens, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, at 34.3%. Public transport use for commuting is also a little above the national figure, with 4.9% of workers using these services.
34.3% ▲ +969.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▼ -70.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
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.
Bus services are the only form of transit here, with 10 routes serving the area. This provides very high access, as weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the New South Wales figure.
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.
2.45
Higher than 67% 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).
3,541.1
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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
51,625
Higher than 87% 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).
169,542
Higher than 86% 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).
51
Lower than 62% 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 very accessible, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop. It is also much closer to the city than most areas, with a drive time of just 13 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Eastgardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11370/eastgardens/topic/transport