21.3% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Paddington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Paddington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A striking 61% of working residents in Paddington work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This high rate of remote work is paired with a strong tendency to live without a car, making the area much less dependent on vehicles than most of Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than one in five homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households that do own a car have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Paddington, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; No vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice for 61% of the workforce, a figure far above the state average. Those who do travel for work use public transport at a rate much higher than most areas.
61.0% ▲ +837.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -83.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 is highly accessible, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the New South Wales figure. The area is served by 26 stops and 5 routes, all of which are buses.
26
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.05
Higher than 65% 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).
2,432.7
Higher than 94% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
94,555
Higher than 89% 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).
359,604
Higher than 89% 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).
32
Lower than 91% 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 area is very well connected, with a typical drive time to the city of just 6 minutes. It is also easy to reach transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Paddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13126/paddington/topic/transport