1.4% ▲ +120.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macarthur · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Macarthur
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.4% of homes in Macarthur have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the territory and national averages. This high level of car ownership is a defining feature for the area, where most households own multiple vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Over half of all homes here have two vehicles, and another 18.7% have three. Very few households get by without a car, with only 1.4% having none.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Macarthur, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66.7% as the driver and 5.1% as a passenger. Only 1.2% use public transport, and 11.7% work from home, which is well below the national figure.
11.7% ▲ +336.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -50.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
While the area has more public transport routes and stops than most similar places, it is far below the territory average for stops per 1,000 people. All available transit is provided by buses.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.42
Higher than 63% 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).
401.4
Higher than 77% 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).
9,379
Higher than 57% 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).
24,313
Higher than 52% 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).
78
Higher than 86% 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.
The drive time to the city is 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. A typical walk to the nearest transit stop takes about 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Macarthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80088/macarthur/topic/transport