11.7% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bankstown · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bankstown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of car-free living and better public transport access than most similar areas define Bankstown. While 11.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, the area is well served by a high density of transit stops and frequent services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.7% of homes here do not have a motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 7.4%. This car-free rate has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bankstown, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 26.5% since 2011, which is well above the Australian average. Meanwhile, 3.8% of people use public transport to get to work, though this is a drop of 7.3 points over the last decade.
26.5% ▲ +1206.3%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▼ -65.9%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
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.
Bankstown is among the areas with the most public transport stops, featuring 523 in total. With 1,764.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is well above the New South Wales figure.
523
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.52
Higher than 69% 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).
1,764.8
Higher than 78% 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).
34
Higher than 67% 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 Bankstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10005/bankstown/topic/transport