13.9% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Auburn · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Auburn
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 13% of households in Auburn live without a car, which is well above the national figure. This lack of vehicle ownership is paired with a high number of people who work from home or use public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, a rate among the highest for similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Nearly half of all households have just one vehicle, while 27.1% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Auburn, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 31.2% of people doing so—far above the 21% national figure. While 8.1% of workers use public transport, which is well above the state and national figures, this is down 11 points since 2011.
31.2% ▲ +1463.5%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.1% ▼ -58.3%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
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.
Auburn has 493 public transport stops, which is more than about 91% of similar areas. However, with 4.18 stops per 1,000 people, access is well below the New South Wales average of 5.27.
493
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.18
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,100.1
Higher than 54% of state electorate 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).
27
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Auburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10002/auburn/topic/transport