12.6% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Erina · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Erina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a quarter of workers in Erina now work from home, reflecting a shift in how people manage their daily commute. While the area is well-served by a high number of bus services, car travel remains the dominant way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 12.6% of homes in Erina have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common situation is having just one vehicle, accounting for 50.4% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Erina, 1 vehicle is the majority at 50%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 27.3%, which is well above the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 1.1% doing so, a figure slightly below both the state and national averages.
27.3% ▲ +374.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -72.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Erina has a high number of transit options, with 44 stops and 18 routes, all served by buses. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the New South Wales figure, though the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is smaller than about 55% of similar areas.
44
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.45
Higher than 86% 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).
4,228.2
Higher than 99% 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).
18
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).
14,849
Lower than 55% 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 typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes. For those travelling further afield, the drive time to the city is around 60 minutes, which is about the middle for similar areas.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
60
Lower than 56% 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 Erina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11436/erina/topic/transport