3.5% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Middle Cove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Middle Cove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 64.2% of workers in Middle Cove work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. This reliance on home-based work is mirrored by a high level of car ownership, with very few households getting by without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped, with 45.8% owning two vehicles and 12.6% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Middle Cove, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice for 64.2% of residents, which is far above the New South Wales rate of 31.0%. Only 1.5% of the workforce use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
64.2% ▲ +589.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -89.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 has 16 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is larger than about 86% and 91% of similar areas respectively. While bus services are frequent and far above the state average, no one can reach the city in 30 minutes by transit.
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.06
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).
2,934.4
Higher than 97% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
85,387
Higher than 75% 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).
48
Lower than 68% 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.
It is a short 2-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is only 11 minutes, among the lowest at this level.
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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Middle Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12613/middle-cove/topic/transport