11.7% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Smithfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Smithfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than one in ten homes in Smithfield have no motor vehicle, a rate well above the national figure. This reliance on other options is backed by a high number of public transport stops and frequent departures, though most people still drive to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common scenario is having just one vehicle (35.5%) or two (31.9%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Smithfield splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work (47.5%), while 23.2% work from home, a figure slightly above the national average. Only 1.4% use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
23.2% ▲ +1074.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -72.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 well served by 111 stops and 9 routes, all of which are buses. This results in 1,831.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
111
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.43
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).
1,831.7
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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10
Lower than 57% 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).
42,449
Higher than 62% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes 26 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. Residents usually have an 8-minute walk to their nearest transport stop.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Smithfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13575/smithfield/topic/transport