2.5% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Rocks
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 44% of people in North Rocks work from home, a rate far above the national figure. This makes the area one of the most remote-work friendly spots at this level, with a very low number of households without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped, with 47.1% owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Rocks, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 44.4%, far above the 21% national average. Only 1.5% of the workforce uses public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
44.4% ▲ +837.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -80.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Public transport options are plentiful, with 18 routes and 60 stops, meaning there are 6.57 stops per 1,000 people. This is a little above the state average, though the 69-minute trip to the city is higher than most areas.
60
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.57
Higher than 84% 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).
2,253.5
Higher than 93% 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).
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,451
Higher than 56% 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).
8,451
Lower than 61% 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).
69
Higher 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.
The 24-minute drive to the city is much lower than in most similar areas. For those on foot, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 16 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
24
Lower than 79% 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 Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13013/north-rocks/topic/transport