1.7% ▼ -47.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sylvania Waters · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sylvania Waters
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 31% of people in Sylvania Waters work from home, which is far above the national figure. While the area has high car ownership, many residents avoid the daily commute by working locally or remotely.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are very common here, with 43.6% of homes owning two vehicles and only 1.7% having none. This lack of carless homes is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sylvania Waters, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work at 47.4%, though working from home is also very popular at 31.1%. Only 0.6% of residents use public transport, which is a little below the national average.
31.1% ▲ +546.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -86.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 21 public transport stops, which is larger than about 89% of similar areas. However, the 83-minute transit time to the city is among the highest for this level.
21
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.
6.56
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).
450.0
Higher than 77% 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).
20,705
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).
75,252
Higher than 73% 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).
83
Higher than 93% 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.
A short 6-minute walk to the nearest stop is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Sylvania Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13733/sylvania-waters/topic/transport