1.4% ▼ -31.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Turramurra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Turramurra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the working population in South Turramurra work from home, a rate far above the national figure. This strong preference for home-based work is paired with very high levels of car ownership and a reliance on buses for any travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common here, with 51.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.2% owning three. Only 1.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Turramurra, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant trend for 54.0% of residents, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.0%.
54.0% ▲ +580.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -88.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 has a high density of infrastructure, with 23 stops and 7.17 stops per 1,000 people, well above the New South Wales figure. However, it takes 67 minutes to reach the city by transit, which is higher than most areas.
23
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.17
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).
2,846.6
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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).
17,221
Lower than 53% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is quick, with a walking time of just 2 minutes. For those driving to the city, the 20-minute trip is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 South Turramurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13614/south-turramurra/topic/transport