44.4% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elizabeth Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elizabeth Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people avoid owning cars in Elizabeth Bay than in other similar areas. Nearly 45% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This reliance on non-car transport is supported by a very short walk to public transport and a quick trip to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 45% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 7.4% national figure. For those who do own a car, a single vehicle is most common, found in 45.7% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Elizabeth Bay splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (46%) and No vehicle (44%), with 2 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 58.3% of people doing so—far above the 21% national average. Those who do travel to work are more likely to use public transport than people in most other areas.
58.3% ▲ +805.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.5% ▼ -79.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
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.
Elizabeth Bay has a high number of transit stops and routes for its size, with 7 stops serving the area. While the number of stops per person is far below the state figure, the area is highly connected, with over 330,000 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.44
Higher than 63% 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).
741.3
Higher than 83% 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).
66,699
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).
330,673
Higher than 89% 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).
25
Lower than 97% 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.
Getting into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 6 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
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.
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 Elizabeth Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11398/elizabeth-bay/topic/transport