21.5% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Petersham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Petersham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in Petersham now work from home, contributing to a shift in how people move through the area. This inner-city suburb is highly connected, with a tiny 1-minute walk to the nearest stop and an exceptionally high number of weekly public transport departures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 21.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most households have just one car, while 21.5% own two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Petersham, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; No vehicle is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 54.6% of residents doing so—a figure far above the national average. Those who do travel are more likely to use public transport than people in most other areas.
54.6% ▲ +1304.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.1% ▼ -80.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 highly available with 28 stops and 13 different routes. While the number of stops per person is well below the state average, the weekly number of departures is far above it.
28
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.
3.41
Higher than 71% 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).
2,226.2
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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
132,023
Higher than 91% 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).
680,453
Higher than 94% 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).
32
Lower than 91% 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 area is very close to the city center, with a short 9-minute drive. It is also very walkable, with the nearest stop usually just a 1-minute walk away.
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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Petersham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13202/petersham/topic/transport