11.2% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mosman · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mosman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the working population in Mosman works from home, making it one of the most flexible areas for employment in the region. This high rate of remote work is paired with a very strong public transport network and quick access to the city center.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.2% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own a single car, while 31% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mosman, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 58.8% of people doing so—a figure far above the national rate of 21%. For those who travel, 3.3% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
58.8% ▲ +648.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -85.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Mosman has an extensive network with 194 stops and 23 routes, featuring far more weekly departures per 1,000 people than the state average. This high level of service helps the typical trip to the city take only 45 minutes.
194
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.85
Higher than 85% 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).
3,186.5
Higher than 98% 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).
23
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
28,328
Higher than 81% 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).
105,593
Higher than 80% 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).
45
Lower than 73% 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 fast, with a typical drive time of just 9 minutes. Most residents live very close to transit, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Mosman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12749/mosman/topic/transport