10.4% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rydalmere · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rydalmere
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Rydalmere than in most similar areas. About 37.7% of the workforce operates from their own residence, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This high rate of home-working is a key feature of how people in the area manage their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households own one or two cars, with 37.7% having one and 36.2% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rydalmere splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 37.7%, well above the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. Driving is the next most likely option, with 36.4% of workers as the main driver.
37.7% ▲ +1302.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -81.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 here, with 43 stops and 10 routes, among the largest numbers for an area of this size. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, though the trip to the city takes 67 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
43
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.
5.91
Higher than 81% 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).
2,845.8
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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
24,641
Higher than 78% 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).
177,177
Higher than 86% 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).
67
Higher than 69% 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.
A quick 18-minute drive gets residents to the city, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest stop is also very easy, with times among the lowest at this level.
0
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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Rydalmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13468/rydalmere/topic/transport