13.2% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North St Marys · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North St Marys
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops and routes than most similar areas define North St Marys. While it is well connected, 13.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a rate well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have at least one car, with 44.8% owning one and 27.9% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North St Marys, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 16.3% work from home, which is well below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Public transport is used by 2.5% of commuters, a rate about the same as the state average.
16.3% ▲ +965.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -70.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
The area is very well served with 42 stops and 6 routes, far more than most similar places. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the New South Wales figure, and buses make up 90.7% of the service.
42
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.
10.19
Higher than 87% 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).
1,582.1
Higher than 89% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,325
Higher than 71% 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).
117,983
Higher than 83% 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.
Getting around is relatively easy, with a typical two-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 35 minutes, lower than for most similar places.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
35
Lower than 70% 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 St Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13017/north-st-marys/topic/transport