17.0% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meadowbank · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Meadowbank
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Meadowbank live without a car than in most similar areas. The typical home has one vehicle, but 17% of households have none at all. This reliance on non-car travel is supported by strong public transport links and a very high number of people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households (62.1%) own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Meadowbank, 1 vehicle is the majority at 62%; 2 vehicles is next at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common, with 51.9% of people doing so—far above the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas at 7.5%.
51.9% ▲ +2256.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.5% ▼ -78.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 connected with seven public transport routes and a transit time to the city of 50 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most similar areas.
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.
1.38
Higher than 63% 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).
491.5
Higher than 78% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
54,692
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).
251,898
Higher than 88% 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).
50
Lower than 64% 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 into the city is quick, with a drive time of 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. A walk to the nearest stop typically takes only 6 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Meadowbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12560/meadowbank/topic/transport