13.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sydney Olympic Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sydney Olympic Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the working population in Sydney Olympic Park works from home, reflecting a highly modern professional landscape. This is a place where 47.8% of workers avoid a daily commute, a figure far above the national average of 21%. With a high density of public transport options, the area is built for accessibility and flexible working.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Fewer people rely on cars here, with 13.6% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sydney Olympic Park, 1 vehicle is the majority at 67%; 2 vehicles is next at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant trend at 47.8%, far above the Australian average of 21%. Those who do travel are more likely to use public transport than people in most other areas, with 4% making that choice.
47.8% ▲ —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▲ —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 is exceptionally well connected, with 22 public transport stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people that are far above the state figure. This high level of service makes it possible for over 113,000 people to reach the area within 45 minutes by transit.
22
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.
4.54
Higher than 76% 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).
3,759.7
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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
20,412
Higher than 74% 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).
113,172
Higher than 82% 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).
66
Higher than 68% 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.
Daily travel is efficient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 5 minutes. This is lower than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also much lower than usual at 14 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Olympic Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13731/sydney-olympic-park/topic/transport