48.9% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rushcutters Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rushcutters Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people now work from home in Rushcutters Bay than in previous years, with 58.2% of the workforce doing so. This shift is part of a wider trend where almost half of all homes have no motor vehicle, making it one of the most car-free areas in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes (48.9%) have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most other households rely on a single car, while only 6.7% have two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rushcutters Bay, the largest group is No vehicle at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (43%) and 2 vehicles (7%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 58.2%, far above the national figure of 21.0%. For those who do travel, 6.3% use public transport, which is well above the New South Wales average of 2.7%.
58.2% ▲ +1200.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.3% ▼ -77.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 6.3%
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.
The area is highly connected, with 329,975 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. While there is only one stop, the travel time to the city is very low at 27 minutes, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.43
Higher than 59% 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).
254.4
Higher than 74% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
46,764
Higher than 86% 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).
329,975
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).
27
Lower than 95% 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 to the city is very quick, with a typical drive time of just 6 minutes. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop of only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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 Rushcutters Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13459/rushcutters-bay/topic/transport