26.6% ▼ -35.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Rocks
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in The Rocks works from home, reflecting a lifestyle where most residents avoid a traditional commute. This is a high-density area where 26.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national rate of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About one in four homes here do not have a motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, one vehicle is the most common, held by 53.3% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Rocks, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; No vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 56.5%, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. Because of this, only 5.3% of people use public transport to get to work, though this is still a little above the state average.
56.5% ▲ +1035.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.3% ▼ -52.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
The area is exceptionally well-connected, with over 565,000 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. It also has one of the lowest transit times to the city at just 18 minutes.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
80,493
Higher than 88% 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).
565,715
Higher than 93% 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).
18
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 very fast, with a typical drive time of only 2 minutes. Residents also enjoy a short walk to the nearest transport stop, which takes about 5 minutes and is lower than most areas.
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.
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 The Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13856/the-rocks/topic/transport