4.9% ▼ -41.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Thirroul · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Thirroul
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 40% of people in Thirroul work from home, which is one of the highest rates for areas of this size. This shift away from the daily commute is a defining feature of the local workforce, far exceeding the national figure. Most households rely on cars, but the area also has strong public transport connections.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.1% owning two vehicles. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Thirroul, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 40.7%, which is far above the Australian figure. Driving is the next most popular choice at 36.8%, while public transport use is at 1.7%.
40.7% ▲ +785.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -80.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Thirroul has more public transport stops and routes than about 85% of similar areas. With 1,118.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is much higher than in most similar areas.
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.
3.31
Higher than 71% 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).
1,118.8
Higher than 87% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 56 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for areas of this level. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
56
Lower than 58% 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)).
- 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 Thirroul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13864/thirroul/topic/transport