2.0% ▲ +62.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sutton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sutton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Sutton relies on a car to get around. With very few people using public transport or working from home compared to the rest of the state, private vehicles are the primary lifeline for the community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. More than half of all households own three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sutton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (31%) and 4 or more (27%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 65.6% of workers being the main driver. Working from home is much less common here than across New South Wales, at just 13.9%.
13.9% ▲ +109.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent in Sutton, with zero stops and routes. This lack of access is far below the state average and explains why only 0.4% of people use transit to get to work.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sutton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13717/sutton/topic/transport