15.6% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Homebush West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Homebush West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Homebush West than in other similar areas, with 15.6% of homes having no motor vehicle. This lack of car ownership is well above the national figure of 7.4%. These trends align with the area's strong public transport links and short travel times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one vehicle (57.4%) or two (22.4%). The proportion of homes without any motor vehicle is among the highest for areas at this level, sitting well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Homebush West, 1 vehicle is the majority at 57%; 2 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 32.2% of people doing so, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas at 11.4%, well above the state average.
32.2% ▲ +2027.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.4% ▼ -62.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 very well connected, with 511,426 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. While it has more transport stops and routes than about 84% of similar areas, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state 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.
1.43
Higher than 63% 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).
266.4
Higher than 74% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
58,322
Higher than 87% 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).
511,426
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).
44
Lower than 75% 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 fast, with a much lower drive time of 15 minutes than most areas. Residents also have a short walk to the nearest stop, taking only 4 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11937/homebush-west/topic/transport