5.9% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Emu Plains · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Emu Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly one in three working residents in Emu Plains now works from home, reflecting a modern shift in how people manage their daily travel. While the area has a very high number of public transport stops and routes, most residents still rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 37.8% have two. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Emu Plains splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 31.6%, a figure far above the national average. Only 1.2% of people use public transport to get to work, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
31.6% ▲ +910.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -84.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Emu Plains has a high level of infrastructure with 90 stops and 7 different routes, which is among the largest for its level. There are 11.08 stops per 1,000 people, far above the New South Wales figure.
90
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.08
Higher than 88% 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).
1,390.5
Higher than 88% 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).
7
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).
31,880
Higher than 57% 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.
The drive time to the city is 41 minutes, which is lower than most areas. It takes about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, putting the area around the middle for its level.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Emu Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11421/emu-plains/topic/transport