19.7% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rockdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rockdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Rockdale live without a car than in most similar areas. This trend is reflected in the way people move, with a very high number of residents using public transport to get to work. The area is well-connected, with short travel times to the city and easy access to transit stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly one in five homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 52.2% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rockdale, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is far above the national figure, with 15.7% of workers using it. Working from home is also common at 26.4%, which is well above the Australian average.
26.4% ▲ +1628.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
15.7% ▼ -55.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
Rockdale has 56 public transport stops and 19 routes, among the largest numbers for areas of this size. This supports a high volume of weekly departures, which is much higher than most similar areas.
56
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.62
Higher than 72% 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).
1,399.4
Higher than 88% 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).
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
57,531
Higher than 87% 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).
216,317
Higher than 87% 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).
46
Lower than 71% 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 fast, with a drive time of just 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have very quick access to transit, with a typical two-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Rockdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13394/rockdale/topic/transport