6.2% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pennant Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pennant Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all workers in Pennant Hills work from home, a rate far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most flexible working areas in the region. While few households are without a car, the suburb maintains a high level of public transport access compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and only 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Pennant Hills splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here, with 49.4% of people doing so—far above the 21% national average. Because of this, only 3.7% of the workforce commutes by public transport, which is a little above the state average.
49.4% ▲ +1097.9%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -84.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
The area is well connected, with 27 public transport stops and 10 routes, ranking among the largest for this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, though the typical trip to the city takes 64 minutes.
27
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.
3.56
Higher than 72% 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).
2,246.8
Higher than 93% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
40,819
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).
122,355
Higher than 84% 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).
64
Higher than 64% 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.
A 21-minute drive to the city is much lower than in most similar areas. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Pennant Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13194/pennant-hills/topic/transport