1.6% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yarrawarrah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yarrawarrah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of workers in Yarrawarrah work from home, a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. This high rate of home working is a standout feature of the area, where car travel remains the primary way to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in Yarrawarrah go without a car, with only 1.6% having none, which is well below the New South Wales figure. Most households own at least two vehicles, with 47.2% having exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yarrawarrah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 38.3%, which is well above the state figure. While 40.4% of workers drive, only 1.5% use public transport, a rate that is a little below the national figure.
38.3% ▲ +1221.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -78.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 36 public transport stops and three routes, which is among the highest for similar areas. Despite this, transit times to the city are very slow at 83 minutes, and weekly departures are far below the New South Wales average.
36
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.
12.97
Higher than 89% 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).
567.9
Higher than 80% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
7,348
Lower than 62% 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).
83
Higher than 93% 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 nearest stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 32 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
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.
32
Lower than 72% 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 Yarrawarrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14503/yarrawarrah/topic/transport