11.6% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Strathfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Strathfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on cars here than in most similar areas, making North Strathfield a standout for alternative transport. More than 41% of workers operate from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Strathfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 41.7%, far above the New South Wales figure of 31%. Those who do travel find public transport popular, with 7.9% commuting this way, which is well above the national 3.1%.
41.7% ▲ +1848.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.9% ▼ -74.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
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.
North Strathfield has a high number of transport routes and stops, meaning over 500,000 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit. While the number of stops per person is far below the state figure, weekly departures are much higher than in most similar areas.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.38
Higher than 67% 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).
864.7
Higher than 85% 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).
119,566
Higher than 91% 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).
506,577
Higher than 92% 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).
40
Lower than 81% 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.
Getting to the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 12 minutes. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes.
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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Strathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13019/north-strathfield/topic/transport