2.1% ▼ -72.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Leppington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Leppington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of people work from home in Leppington than across Australia, with 33.7% doing so. This is a car-reliant area where most homes have at least two vehicles, though it has an impressive number of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here go without a car, with only 2.1% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the 9.2% figure for New South Wales and the 7.4% national average, while 46.3% of homes own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Leppington, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 33.7% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the Australian average of 21.0%. Driving is the primary commute for 43% of workers, while only 1.9% use public transport.
33.7% ▲ +207.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Leppington has 53 public transport stops and 13 routes, which are among the largest numbers for areas of this size. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, though buses carry the vast majority of passengers.
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.
5.62
Higher than 80% 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).
1,347.4
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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. It takes about 20 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, a figure that is around the middle for its level.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Leppington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12314/leppington/topic/transport