60.3% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sydney · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sydney
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 60% of homes in Sydney now have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. This reflects a city where a huge number of people rely on walking or public transport rather than cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here do not own a car, with 60.3% having no vehicle. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sydney, No vehicle is the majority at 60%; 1 vehicle is next at 34%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common at 39.3%, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. Another 14.3% of workers use public transport, a figure far above the state and national averages.
39.3% ▲ +1094.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
14.3% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 highly accessible, with 11,115 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. The area has 119 routes and 110 stops, making it one of the largest hubs at this level.
110
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.
6.60
Higher than 84% 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).
11,115.2
Higher 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).
119
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
238,877
Higher than 97% 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).
1,025,173
Higher 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).
3
Lower than 99% 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 the city is incredibly fast, with a typical drive time of only 2 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop is almost immediate, as the time is listed as 0 minutes.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
2
Lower than 99% 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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13730/sydney/topic/transport