5.8% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Charlestown · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Charlestown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Charlestown drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way people get around. While most homes own at least one car, a growing number of residents now work from home. This shift is a major change from a decade ago, when only 3% of the local workforce did so.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 41% owning two vehicles. Only 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Charlestown, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 23.4%, which is a little above the Australian figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.7% doing so, a rate that is much lower than most areas.
23.4% ▲ +676.3%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Charlestown has a high number of public transport stops, with 6.65 per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. The network is almost entirely based on buses, which make up 99.3% of all services.
505
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.
6.65
Higher than 87% 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).
1,231.6
Higher than 59% 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).
22
Lower than 62% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Charlestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10018/charlestown/topic/transport