3.9% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Davidson · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Davidson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of workers in Davidson now work from home, a figure that has surged by 45 percentage points since 2011. This shift toward remote work is far above the national average and helps explain why very few people here rely on public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high in Davidson, with only 3.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, and most households own at least two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Davidson, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the primary way people get to work, accounting for 52.8% of the workforce. Meanwhile, public transport use for commuting has plummeted from 12.6% in 2011 to just 2.4% in 2021.
52.8% ▲ +560.5%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -81.2%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 has a high level of infrastructure, with 482 public transport stops and 34 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state average, though almost all of this service is provided by buses.
482
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.95
Higher than 77% 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).
1,980.2
Higher than 84% 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 Davidson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10024/davidson/topic/transport