12.2% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Unanderra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Unanderra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 12% of households in Unanderra have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. This reliance on other options is supported by an exceptional level of public transport access compared to other similar areas. Most residents still rely on cars, but the area is geared for easy movement.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest for areas like this and well above the New South Wales figure. For those who do own cars, 42.4% of households have one vehicle and 29.7% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Unanderra, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 55.1% as the driver. Those working from home make up 18.9% of the workforce, which is a little below the national figure and far below the state average.
18.9% ▲ +854.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -53.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 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.
Public transport is a major feature here, with 10 routes and 53 stops. There are 9.68 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average, and weekly departures are well above the state figure.
53
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.68
Higher than 87% 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).
1,975.3
Higher than 91% 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).
10
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting to a stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. It takes about 65 minutes to drive from here to the city.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
65
Lower than 53% 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 Unanderra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14026/unanderra/topic/transport