14.1% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Telopea · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Telopea
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of workers live and work at home in Telopea than the national figure, with 37.5% doing so. This shift toward home-based work is a standout feature of the area, which also sees a high number of households living without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 14.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have one or two vehicles, while 7.7% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Telopea, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 37.5% of residents doing so, far above the 21.0% national average. Driving as a sole occupant is the next most common way to get to work at 36.0%.
37.5% ▲ +1270.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -81.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 readily available with 21 stops and five routes, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest for similar areas. However, it takes longer than most areas to reach the city by transit, taking 67 minutes.
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.
3.92
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).
1,681.1
Higher than 90% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
30,570
Higher than 83% 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).
153,905
Higher than 86% 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).
67
Higher than 69% 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 nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much lower than in most other areas, taking only 21 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Telopea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13797/telopea/topic/transport