3.8% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Engadine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Engadine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Engadine than the national figure, with 32.5% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This reflects a local trend where flexible work is common and car travel remains the primary way to get around. While the area is well-served by public transport stops, it sits quite far from the city center.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 44.7% of homes having two vehicles. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Engadine, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, accounting for 32.5% of commutes. Driving is the most typical way to get to work at 43.3%, while only 1.9% of residents use public transport.
32.5% ▲ +1021.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -78.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Engadine has 115 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for an area of this size. However, the transit time to the city is 76 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
115
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.
6.48
Higher than 83% 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).
852.2
Higher than 85% 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).
17,356
Higher than 71% 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).
20,895
Higher than 50% 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).
76
Higher than 83% 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 to the city by car takes 34 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical five-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
34
Lower than 71% 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 Engadine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11425/engadine/topic/transport