3.6% ▼ -57.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sandringham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sandringham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people than ever are working from home in Sandringham, with 37.5% of workers doing so. This shift is far above the national figure of 21%. While most people here rely on cars, the area is very well connected to public transport services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here lack a car, with only 3.6% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sandringham splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 37.5% of residents, which is well above the state average. Only 1.6% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure slightly below the national average.
37.5% ▲ +736.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -71.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 access is strong, with 7.84 stops per 1,000 people, well above the state average. Weekly departures are also among the highest for similar areas, though all services are provided by buses.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.84
Higher than 86% 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).
1,931.0
Higher than 91% 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).
16,659
Higher than 70% 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).
129,053
Higher than 85% 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).
66
Higher than 68% 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.
The area is very convenient for commuters, with a short 19-minute drive to the city. Residents have some of the easiest access to transit, with a zero-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Sandringham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13493/sandringham/topic/transport