28.1% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Milsons Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Milsons Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households in Milsons Point live without a car than across the rest of the country. This is a highly connected area where a huge 64.2% of the workforce works from home, and those who do travel have some of the fastest access to the city in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 28.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 9.2% seen across New South Wales. For those who do own a car, one vehicle per home is the most common arrangement at 51.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Milsons Point, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; No vehicle is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 64.2% of people doing so—far above the national figure of 21.0%. Public transport use for commuting is also well above the state average, with 6.0% of workers using these services.
64.2% ▲ +996.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.0% ▼ -84.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 exceptionally well served, with 12 public transport routes and weekly departures per 1,000 people that are far above the state figure. It is among the best for connectivity, with over 524,000 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
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.
2.77
Higher than 68% 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).
2,765.9
Higher than 96% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
111,462
Higher than 90% 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).
524,363
Higher than 92% 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).
22
Lower than 99% 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 very quick, with a typical drive time of just 6 minutes. Most residents can reach their nearest transport stop within 2 minutes, which is much lower than most other areas.
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.
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 Milsons Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12640/milsons-point/topic/transport