2.6% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Prestons · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Prestons
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 30% of workers in Prestons operate from home, a figure well above the national average. This reliance on home-based work is paired with a very high level of vehicle ownership and strong local transit links.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here go without a car, with only 2.6% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures, and most homes own at least two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Prestons, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost 30% of people work from home, which is well above the national figure. While 45.7% drive to work, only 1.5% use public transport, which is a little below the state and national rates.
29.4% ▲ +1365.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -76.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 here, with 79 stops and 15 routes, among the largest numbers for an area of this size. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the New South Wales figure, though all services are bus-based.
79
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.03
Higher than 78% 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).
2,209.7
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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
32,276
Higher than 84% 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).
86,755
Higher than 76% 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.
Getting to transport is very easy, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive to the city typically takes 32 minutes.
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.
32
Lower than 72% 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).
More for Prestons
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Prestons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13272/prestons/topic/transport