0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Shore · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Shore
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one in North Shore is without a car, creating a massive gap compared to the rest of the state. This is a highly car-dependent area where virtually every home owns at least one motor vehicle. With no public transport options available, residents rely almost entirely on private travel to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in North Shore has a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% for carless households. Most homes have two vehicles (43.5%), though 16.7% of households own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Shore, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work (61.3%), while 13.9% work from home. This rate of working from home is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
13.9% ▲ +663.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
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: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport routes, stops, or departures in the area. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 19 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
19
Higher than 58% 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.
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).
More for North Shore
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13016/north-shore/topic/transport