10.0% ▲ +51.6%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cabramatta · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Cabramatta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher than most areas for public transport access, Cabramatta is a well-connected hub where 10% of homes have no car. While many residents still rely on vehicles, the area has seen a significant shift toward working from home and increased access to transit services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Ten per cent of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and rose 3.4 percentage points since 2011. Most households use one or two cars, with 34.2% having one and 31.8% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cabramatta splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose 11 percentage points since 2011 to 22%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. Around 49% of workers drive to work, while 2.5% use public transport, which is about the same as the national figure.
22.0% ▲ +107.9%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▲ +313.5%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 is very well served by transit, with 445 stops and 1,340.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people. Both figures are higher than most areas, and the number of stops is larger than about 86% of similar places.
445
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.27
Higher than 64% 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).
1,340.6
Higher than 64% 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).
21
Lower than 65% 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 Cabramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10012/cabramatta/topic/transport