16.8% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Penrith · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Penrith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households in Penrith live without a car than in most other areas, with 16.8% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%, suggesting a greater reliance on other ways to get around the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 51.4% of homes have one vehicle and 24% have two. However, the proportion of homes without a car is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Penrith, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 30% of people work from home, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. For those who travel, 42.3% drive and 3.6% use public transport, a rate much higher than in most other areas.
28.4% ▲ +1331.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▼ -65.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 very accessible here, with 8.24 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure. Weekly departures are also far above the state average, though the trip to the city takes 88 minutes.
148
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.24
Higher than 86% 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).
3,084.9
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).
40
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,966
Higher than 72% 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).
116,164
Higher than 82% 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).
88
Higher than 99% 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 typical walk to the nearest transport stop is just 6 minutes, which is lower than most areas. It takes about 41 minutes to drive to the city, a time that is lower than in most other areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13195/penrith/topic/transport