3.3% ▼ -43.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kogarah Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kogarah Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Kogarah Bay than in most similar areas. Over 40% of the local workforce operates from home, which is well above the national figure of 21%. While public transport options are plentiful, the area's connection to the city is fastest by car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 41.5% of homes having two vehicles. Only 3.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kogarah Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a dominant trend, with 40.7% of residents doing so, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. Only 1.6% of the workforce commutes via public transport, a figure slightly below the national rate.
40.7% ▲ +836.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -76.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Kogarah Bay has excellent local access, with 20 public transport stops and 9.51 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. These are exclusively bus services, though the travel time to the city is higher than most areas at 65 minutes.
20
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.
9.51
Higher than 87% 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).
2,123.7
Higher than 92% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,200
Higher than 69% 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).
83,215
Higher than 75% 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).
65
Higher 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 to the nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. For those travelling to the city, the drive time of 19 minutes is much lower than in most other 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12191/kogarah-bay/topic/transport