New Berrima · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in New Berrima

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single home in New Berrima owns a car, with only 1.4% of households lacking a vehicle. This makes it an area where residents rely heavily on private transport to get around. Most people drive themselves to work, and very few work from home compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 New Berrima, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 42.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.1% having three. This means far fewer homes are without a car than in New South Wales or across Australia.

1.4% ▼ -61.1%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 1.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In New Berrima, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 74% of residents, while 0% use public transport. Only 7.9% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure.

7.9% ▲ +222.4%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 7.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In New Berrima, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 11.71 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. However, weekly departures are far below the state average, and all services are buses.

11.71

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).

275.9

Higher than 74% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 79 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 11 minutes.

11

Lower than 53% 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.

79

Higher than 56% 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)).
  • 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 New Berrima [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12947/new-berrima/topic/transport