30.0% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eveleigh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eveleigh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 44% of workers in Eveleigh work from home, a figure far above the national average. This creates a unique transport profile for the area, where many residents avoid a daily commute entirely. This shift is reflected in the high number of households that choose not to own a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 30% of homes in Eveleigh have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own a car, a single vehicle is the most common choice, held by 51.9% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eveleigh, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; No vehicle is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 43.3%, well above the 21% national figure. Public transport use for commuting is also well above the state average, with 6.9% of the workforce using these services.
43.3% ▲ +1789.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.9% ▼ -74.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 exceptional connectivity, with 480,205 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, and the 30-minute transit time to the city is among the lowest for similar areas.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.95
Higher than 77% 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).
2,414.2
Higher than 94% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
79,649
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).
480,205
Higher than 91% 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).
30
Lower than 92% 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 is very fast, with a drive time of 11 minutes that is among the lowest at this level. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 8 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Eveleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11474/eveleigh/topic/transport