10.4% ▼ -38.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mayfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mayfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher levels of public transport access than most similar areas define Mayfield. While 60 stops and 9 routes provide excellent coverage, about 10.4% of homes do not own a motor vehicle, which is a little above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 10.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is one vehicle per home, at 41.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mayfield splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with No vehicle at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 24.6% of residents, which is well above the national figure. Only 1.4% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
24.6% ▲ +1269.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -68.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Public transport infrastructure is very strong here, with 60 stops and 9 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the New South Wales figure, and all available services are buses.
60
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.15
Higher than 82% 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).
1,840.7
Higher than 91% 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).
9
Higher than 86% 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.
Residents enjoy very quick access to transport, with a walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is higher than in most similar places.
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.
103
Higher than 71% 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)).
- 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 Mayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12540/mayfield/topic/transport