19.9% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kogarah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kogarah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 20% of households in Kogarah live without a motor vehicle, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 9.2%. This high rate of car-free living is supported by excellent transit access and short commute times to the city. The area is a major hub for public transport users and those working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost one in five homes here have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. Most households have one car, while about 21% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kogarah, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; 2 vehicles is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is well above the national figure at 11.2%. This sits alongside a high number of people working from home, which at 30.6% is well above the Australian average.
30.6% ▲ +1530.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.2% ▼ -63.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
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.
Kogarah is a significant transit hub with 53 stops and 12 routes, meaning over 227,000 people can reach the area within 45 minutes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than in most areas.
53
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.
3.23
Higher than 70% 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).
1,398.4
Higher than 88% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
48,735
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).
227,293
Higher than 87% 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).
49
Lower than 66% 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 around is efficient, with a typical two-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is only 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Kogarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12190/kogarah/topic/transport