28.8% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pyrmont · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pyrmont
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people now work from home in Pyrmont than in other similar areas, with 52.4% of the workforce doing so. This shift away from traditional commuting is mirrored in the high number of households that do not own a car, which is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 29% of homes in Pyrmont have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, a single vehicle is most common at 53.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pyrmont, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; No vehicle is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of the workforce (52.4%) works from home, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. Those who do travel, are a little more likely to use public transport (4.4%) than people across the state.
52.4% ▲ +1250.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▼ -71.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 accessible, with 20 stops and 3 routes serving the area. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, the weekly departures are about the same as the New South Wales average.
20
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.
1.58
Higher than 64% 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).
1,210.5
Higher than 87% 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).
81,892
Higher than 88% 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).
353,564
Higher than 89% 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).
33
Lower than 90% 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.
Pyrmont is exceptionally well-connected, with a very short 4-minute drive time to the city. Residents can typically walk to their nearest transport stop in just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
4
Lower than 99% 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 Pyrmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13297/pyrmont/topic/transport