1.1% ▼ -54.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Erskine Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Erskine Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Seven stops per 1,000 people is a much higher rate of transit access than most areas, making Erskine Park well-served for its size. While public transport infrastructure is plentiful, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. Most homes have multiple vehicles, and half of the workers drive themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 40.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 20.4% owning three. Only 1.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 9.2% recorded for New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Erskine Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce drive to work, while 25.8% work from home, a figure well above the Australian national average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.9%.
25.8% ▲ +1516.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -78.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
The area has a large number of public transport stops and routes, with weekly departures per 1,000 people well above the state figure. All public transport services in the area are bus-based.
46
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.
7.09
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).
1,771.4
Higher than 90% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,486
Higher than 53% 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).
6,486
Lower than 63% 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.
Getting around is relatively efficient, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 6 minutes. The drive time to the city is 33 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
33
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 Erskine Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11441/erskine-park/topic/transport