26.5% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parramatta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Parramatta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of the workforce in Parramatta worked from home in 2021, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work, combined with the fact that over a quarter of homes have no motor vehicle, highlights a shift away from traditional car dependency in this central hub.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 26.5% of homes 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, at 56.9%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Parramatta, 1 vehicle is the majority at 57%; No vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is well above the national figure, with 9.2% of workers using it. This is a stark contrast to the 49.4% who work from home, which is far above the Australian average of 21.0%.
49.4% ▲ +3363.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.2% ▼ -70.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
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.
Parramatta has one of the largest networks in the region with 59 routes and 89 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, and the area is among the largest in the country for the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
89
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.95
Higher than 69% 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).
3,051.1
Higher than 97% 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).
59
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
44,807
Higher than 86% 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).
342,135
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).
55
Lower than 55% 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 fast, with a drive time of 20 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13167/parramatta/topic/transport