10.8% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Epping · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Epping
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become a dominant trend in Epping, with 52.6% of residents now doing so. This shift is part of a broader transport landscape where more people live without a car than in most other areas. The suburb's strong connectivity and short travel times to the city make it a highly accessible hub.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households rely on a single car, while 30.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Epping, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More than half of the workforce (52.6%) works from home, a figure far above both the state and national levels. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas at 5.7%.
52.6% ▲ +1205.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.7% ▼ -76.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
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.
With 100 stops and 17 routes, Epping has some of the largest public transport networks at this level. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales figure, the weekly departures are much higher than most areas.
100
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.
3.38
Higher than 71% 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).
1,270.5
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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
63,690
Higher than 87% 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).
285,021
Higher than 88% 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.
Getting into the city is fast, with a typical drive time of 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Most residents can walk to their nearest transport stop in just 2 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 Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11431/epping/topic/transport