12.6% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mortdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mortdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 41% of people in Mortdale work from home, which is far more than the national figure. This shift toward remote work is paired with a high number of households that do not own a car and a strong reliance on public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have one or two vehicles, while 7.9% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mortdale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 7.2%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Working from home is the most common arrangement here, at 41.6%, far exceeding the 21% seen across Australia.
41.6% ▲ +1742.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.2% ▼ -72.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
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.
Mortdale has 36 public transport stops and 9 routes, among the largest numbers for similar areas. While the 3.35 stops per 1,000 people is well below the state figure, weekly departures are much higher than in most areas.
36
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.35
Higher than 71% 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).
1,193.2
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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
56,069
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).
199,007
Higher than 87% 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).
57
Lower than 51% 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 relatively quick, with a drive time of 21 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes.
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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Mortdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12739/mortdale/topic/transport