9.6% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Padstow · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Padstow
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is far more common in Padstow than across Australia, with 38.1% of workers doing so. This makes the area stand out for its flexible work habits, though it remains well connected by road and rail. Most residents rely on cars, but the suburb offers excellent access to public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households keep either one or two cars, with 37.5% having one and 35.4% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Padstow splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very popular here at 38.1%, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 31%. Public transport use for commuting is 3.8%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
38.1% ▲ +1625.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▼ -78.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 available, with 5.14 stops per 1,000 people and 11 different routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 2,010.8, which is well above the state figure of 1,313.6.
72
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.
5.14
Higher than 78% 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).
2,010.8
Higher than 92% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
57,024
Higher than 87% 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).
239,419
Higher than 87% 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).
58
Higher than 51% 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 into the city is relatively quick, with a typical drive time of 20 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop is also short, taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Padstow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13131/padstow/topic/transport