0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Penrose · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Penrose
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained essential in Penrose, where every single home now owns at least one motor vehicle. This reliance on driving is reflected in the commute patterns, as the area is far more dependent on cars than the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Penrose has a car, which is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures for households without a vehicle. Most homes own two vehicles (35.2%), while 11.4% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Penrose splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here at 17.1% compared to the state figure of 31%. No one in the area commutes using public transport, with the vast majority of workers driving themselves to work.
17.1% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While Penrose has a high number of stops per 1,000 people (15.21) and three different routes, the frequency of services is far below the New South Wales average.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
15.21
Higher than 90% 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).
254.8
Higher than 74% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents can reach the nearest transport stop in just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 100 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
100
Higher than 69% 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)).
- 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 Penrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13196/penrose/topic/transport