27.0% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Edgecliff · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Edgecliff
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of homes in Edgecliff live without a car compared to the rest of the country, with 27.0% of households owning no vehicle. This lack of car reliance is reflected in the way people work, with a huge 56.4% of residents working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The typical home here has one vehicle, but 27.0% of households have none, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Only a small number of homes have three or more cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Edgecliff, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; No vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More people here use public transport to get to work than in most similar areas, with 6.5% doing so. This is well above the national figure of 3.1%, though over half the workforce now works from home.
56.4% ▲ +980.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% ▼ -82.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 highly accessible, with 15 stops and 8 routes serving the area. This is matched by a very high number of weekly departures, which is far above the New South Wales average.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.00
Higher than 82% 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).
3,149.7
Higher than 98% 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).
223,934
Higher than 96% 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).
755,495
Higher than 96% 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).
16
Lower than 99% 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.
Edgecliff is exceptionally well-connected to the city, with a drive time of just 6 minutes. Many residents live within a very short walk of their nearest transport stop.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Edgecliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11382/edgecliff/topic/transport