8.5% ▼ -44.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mayfield East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mayfield East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now work from home in Mayfield East than in the past, with 29.6% of the workforce doing so. This trend is well above the national figure of 21.0%. While most residents still rely on cars, the area has a high number of public transport routes and stops relative to other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households do have a car, with 42.4% owning two vehicles and 36.9% owning one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mayfield East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 29.6% of people doing so, though only 0.7% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work. This is slightly below the New South Wales figure of 2.7%.
29.6% ▲ +1227.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -75.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
The area is well served by 8 different routes and 7 stops, which is more than most similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, though still well below the state figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.90
Higher than 73% 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).
923.1
Higher than 86% 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).
8
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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is higher than in most similar places.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
104
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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12544/mayfield-east/topic/transport