0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Irvington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Irvington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Irvington now owns a car, reflecting a total reliance on private vehicles for daily travel. While public transport infrastructure exists, the area is overwhelmingly car-dependent for work and errands.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in Irvington is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and national averages. Most households own multiple cars, with 37.5% having two and 29.2% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Irvington, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 78.4% of people driving and another 8.1% travelling as passengers. Only 10.8% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
10.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Irvington has 57.14 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
57.14
Higher than 99% 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).
1,014.3
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, 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.
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 Irvington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11996/irvington/topic/transport