0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sutton Forest · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sutton Forest
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in Sutton Forest drive to work, reflecting a community where car ownership is nearly universal. The area is heavily reliant on private vehicles for travel, with a high proportion of residents working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Sutton Forest has a motor vehicle, which is well below the rates seen across New South Wales and Australia. Most households are well equipped, with 35.8% owning two vehicles and another 21.8% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sutton Forest, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 30.9% of residents doing so, a figure well above the national average. No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
30.9% ▲ +80.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Bus services are the only public transport option available, though the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. There are two stops and one route serving the area.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.97
Higher than 73% 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).
129.0
Higher than 71% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 51 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also high at 85 minutes.
51
Higher than 80% 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.
85
Higher than 60% 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)).
- 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 Sutton Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13718/sutton-forest/topic/transport