15.1% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Homebush · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Homebush
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of people in Homebush work from home, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most flexible working areas in the region, where a high number of residents avoid a daily commute entirely.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Few homes here rely on cars, with 15.1% of households having no motor vehicle. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Homebush, 1 vehicle is the majority at 57%; 2 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is a popular choice for 10.6% of workers, a figure well above the 3.1% national average. Most who do travel use cars, with 27.1% driving to work.
39.9% ▲ +1359.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
10.6% ▼ -66.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
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.
Homebush has great connectivity, with 412,857 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. While it has more stops and routes than most similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
23
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.
1.97
Higher than 65% 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).
858.8
Higher than 85% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
73,596
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).
412,857
Higher than 90% 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).
46
Lower than 71% 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 quick, with a drive time of just 13 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It is also very walkable, taking only 4 minutes to reach the nearest 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Homebush [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11936/homebush/topic/transport