17.2% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Neutral Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Neutral Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 59% of people who work in Neutral Bay do so from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work is mirrored in the local lifestyle, where almost 18% of homes do not own a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17.2% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households keep one car, while 21.5% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Neutral Bay, 1 vehicle is the majority at 57%; 2 vehicles is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common setup at 58.7%, which is far above the 21% seen across Australia. Those who do travel for work are more likely to use public transport than people in most other areas.
58.7% ▲ +1134.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -84.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 a very high number of public transport departures per 1,000 people, far above the state figure. There are 34 stops and 26 routes serving the area, all of which are bus services.
34
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.
3.37
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).
2,829.8
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).
26
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
70,296
Higher than 88% 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).
171,131
Higher than 86% 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).
33
Lower than 90% 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 6 minutes. Most residents live very close to transport, 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.
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 Neutral Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12943/neutral-bay/topic/transport