1.2% ▼ -52.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Somersby · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Somersby
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More households own multiple cars than in most similar areas, making Somersby a place where residents rely heavily on their own transport. While a small number of homes have no vehicle, the vast majority of the community uses cars or works from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with over 80% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Somersby splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (27%), with 4 or more at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common, with 29.0% of the workforce doing so, which is well above the national figure of 21.0%. Only 1.1% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
29.0% ▲ +101.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -41.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Bus services are the only option here, with 47 stops and 5 routes. Despite having 43.24 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—zero people are reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
47
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.
43.24
Higher than 99% 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).
1,350.5
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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 55 minutes. For those using public transport, the usual walk to the nearest stop takes about 17 minutes.
17
Higher than 56% 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.
55
Lower than 59% 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 Somersby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13587/somersby/topic/transport