3.7% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Loftus · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Loftus
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 38% of people in Loftus work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work is a defining feature of the area, alongside a strong reliance on private cars for those who do travel. While public transport infrastructure is plentiful, most residents still prefer driving or working from their own homes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 43.7% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Loftus, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common at 38%, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. For those who commute, 38.6% drive as the main driver, while 2.8% use public transport, a rate about the same as the state and national figures.
38.0% ▲ +975.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -80.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
Loftus has 50 public transport stops and 4 routes, placing it among the largest and most connected areas for its size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
50
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.
11.93
Higher than 88% 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).
799.5
Higher than 84% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,348
Higher than 54% 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).
73,354
Higher than 73% 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).
68
Higher than 71% 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.
The drive time to the city is 36 minutes, which is lower than most areas. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
36
Lower than 70% 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 Loftus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12380/loftus/topic/transport