13.3% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eastwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eastwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 42% of people in Eastwood work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of home-working is paired with an exceptional level of public transport access and a high number of car-free households.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales and Australian figures. Most households do own a car, with 43% having one vehicle and 31.8% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eastwood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 42.8%, which is far above the national figure. This is mirrored by the 5.3% who commute via public transport, a rate that is a little above the state and national averages.
42.8% ▲ +1045.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.3% ▼ -76.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
Eastwood has an extensive network with 11 routes and 106 stops, among the largest at this level. This high density of infrastructure means 387,450 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
106
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.67
Higher than 80% 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).
1,586.1
Higher than 89% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
81,316
Higher than 88% 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).
387,450
Higher than 90% 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).
48
Lower than 68% 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 walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. Driving to the city is also much faster than in most areas, taking only 18 minutes.
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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Eastwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11372/eastwood/topic/transport