3.7% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Richmond
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 4% of households lack a car in North Richmond, a figure well below the national average. This reliance on private vehicles is clear across the area, where the vast majority of residents depend on cars to get around and only a tiny fraction use public transport for work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 39.4% of homes owning two vehicles and another 22.8% owning three or more. Only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Richmond, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to their jobs, and 25.8% work from home, which is well above the Australian average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.5%.
25.8% ▲ +665.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -70.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
While the area has 36 public transport stops—among the largest number for this level—services are limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and all available transit is provided by buses.
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.
5.66
Higher than 80% 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).
280.0
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 52 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 13 minutes.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
52
Lower than 61% 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 North Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13012/north-richmond/topic/transport