2.3% ▲ +71.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pemulwuy · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pemulwuy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the working population in Pemulwuy works from home, reflecting a strong trend toward remote employment. While cars are the primary way people get around, the area has a high number of public transport stops compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles. Only 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pemulwuy, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, at 45.0%. Meanwhile, only 1.2% of residents commute by public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
45.0% ▲ +2041.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -86.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Pemulwuy has 25 public transport stops and 5 routes, both of which are higher than most similar areas. However, all services are provided by buses, and the number of weekly departures is a little below the state figure.
25
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.
4.52
Higher than 76% 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).
1,141.4
Higher than 87% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The typical drive to the city takes 63 minutes. It is a long walk to the nearest stop for many, taking 29 minutes, which is higher than in most other areas.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
63
Lower than 54% 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 Pemulwuy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13192/pemulwuy/topic/transport