10.8% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Five Dock · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Five Dock
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 45% of people who work in Five Dock do so from home, a figure far above the national average. This is a highly accessible area with a huge number of public transport options. While most residents rely on cars, a significant number of households choose to live without one.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.8% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure. Most households own one or two vehicles, with 42.4% having one and 35.1% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Five Dock, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 44.9%, which is far above the New South Wales figure. For those who do travel, 32.5% drive as the main occupant, while 2.6% use public transport.
44.9% ▲ +1138.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -82.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 is exceptionally well served by public transport, with 17 routes and 55 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, and the network is entirely bus-based.
55
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.
5.60
Higher than 80% 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).
3,354.9
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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
108,742
Higher than 90% 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).
316,851
Higher than 89% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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.
Five Dock is very convenient for travel, with a typical drive time to the city of just 11 minutes. Residents can reach their nearest transport stop in only one minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Five Dock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11533/five-dock/topic/transport