25.2% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Erskineville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Erskineville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 64% of working residents in Erskineville work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work is paired with a low reliance on cars and excellent access to the city center.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
One in four homes here has no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. Most households that do own a car have only one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Erskineville, 1 vehicle is the majority at 60%; No vehicle is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to earn a living here, far exceeding the national figure. Those who do travel to work use public transport slightly more often than the state average.
64.2% ▲ +1602.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▼ -86.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible with 17 stops and 10 different routes, allowing nearly 500,000 people to be reached within 45 minutes. While the number of stops is higher than most areas, the weekly number of departures is well below the state figure.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.76
Higher than 64% 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).
891.7
Higher than 86% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
79,372
Higher than 88% 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).
497,612
Higher than 92% 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).
31
Lower than 91% 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 very fast, with a typical drive time of just 9 minutes. Most residents also live within a short 4-minute walk of their nearest transport stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Erskineville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11442/erskineville/topic/transport