Upper Burringbar · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Upper Burringbar

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero public transport stops serve Upper Burringbar, creating a massive gap compared to New South Wales. This makes the area heavily dependent on private cars for almost all travel. Most homes here own multiple vehicles to get around.

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📍 Upper Burringbar, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Private cars are essential here, with 43.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 12.4% owning four or more. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.

2.7% ▼ -54.9%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Upper Burringbar, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 4 or more (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61.2% of people acting as the driver. While 17.2% work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.

17.2% ▼ -18.7%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.2%
  • 2016: 21.4%
  • 2021: 17.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Upper Burringbar, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This lack of service is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop takes a typical 61 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.

61

Higher 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.

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 Upper Burringbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14033/upper-burringbar/topic/transport