19.1% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
McMahons Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in McMahons Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the workforce works from home in McMahons Point, with 58.4% of employed residents doing so. This is far above the national figure and reflects a lifestyle where few people need a car, as nearly one in five homes has no motor vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 19.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most households that do own a car have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In McMahons Point, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; 2 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common at 58.4%, far above the NSW rate of 31.0%. Those who do travel for work use public transport at a rate of 5.2%, which is a little above the national average.
58.4% ▲ +652.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% ▼ -81.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 has 10 public transport stops, which is more than 82% of similar areas. While there are 3 routes available, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little below the state figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.32
Higher than 75% 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).
1,088.1
Higher than 87% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
47,767
Higher than 87% 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).
347,908
Higher than 89% 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).
29
Lower than 93% 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 city is very quick, with a typical drive time of only 6 minutes. Most residents live within a short 3-minute walk of their nearest transport stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 McMahons Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12557/mcmahons-point/topic/transport