2.2% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Garden Suburb · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Garden Suburb
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes go without a car in Garden Suburb than across New South Wales, where only 2.2% of households lack a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is seen in the daily commute, as over half of the workforce drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 46.7% owning two and 16% owning three. This explains why the proportion of car-less homes is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Garden Suburb, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 24.3% of the workforce, which is well above the Australian average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, with only 0.6% doing so.
24.3% ▲ +486.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -65.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
There are 13 public transport stops in the area, which is much higher than most similar places. However, the 725.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.64
Higher than 84% 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).
725.4
Higher than 82% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest stop is very short, taking only one minute. In contrast, the drive time to the city is 100 minutes, which is higher 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.
100
Higher than 69% 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)).
- 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 Garden Suburb [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11591/garden-suburb/topic/transport