39.9% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Redfern · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Redfern
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of households in Redfern do not own a car, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct pattern where most people rely on an extensive public transport network or work from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 40% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own a car, one vehicle is the most common, held by 45.9% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Redfern, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by No vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 54.4% of residents doing so—far above the national figure of 21%. Another 7.1% commute via public transport, which is well above the New South Wales average.
54.4% ▲ +1312.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.1% ▼ -75.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 26 different routes and 2,878.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far above the state average. This extensive access allows over 650,000 people to be reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
39
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.98
Higher than 69% 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).
2,878.5
Higher than 96% 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).
26
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
170,320
Higher than 93% 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).
651,116
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).
26
Lower than 96% 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.
Getting into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of only 6 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also much quicker than in most areas, taking just one minute.
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.
6
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 Redfern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13352/redfern/topic/transport