14.1% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Ryde · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Ryde
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in West Ryde work from home and live without a car than in the rest of the country. This shift away from driving is reflected in the local data, where 43.2% of workers stay home for their jobs—a figure far above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 14.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Nearly half of all households have just one car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Ryde, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is well above the state and national figures at 7.0%. This is consistent with the high number of people who avoid the daily commute by working from home.
43.2% ▲ +1430.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.0% ▼ -71.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 51 public transport stops and 8 different routes, making it one of the best-connected areas for reaching others via transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the New South Wales figure.
51
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.
3.87
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).
1,645.1
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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
75,170
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).
179,225
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).
57
Lower than 51% 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 by car takes only 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have very quick access to transit, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 West Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14268/west-ryde/topic/transport