9.8% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Drummoyne · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Drummoyne
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift in working habits has defined Drummoyne since 2011, with nearly half the workforce now working from home. While the area has a high number of public transport departures, the way people travel to work has changed dramatically over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 10% of homes in Drummoyne have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 45.7% owning one and 32.9% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Drummoyne, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of the state, with 47.8% of people doing so. This is a huge increase from 2011, while the share of people using public transport to get to work fell by 16 points in that time.
47.8% ▲ +1107.3%
Higher than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -82.2%
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
Public transport departures per 1,000 people are far above the New South Wales figure, though the number of stops per person is much lower than in most areas. This service is almost entirely provided by buses, which make up 99% of the modes used.
278
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.40
Lower than 75% 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).
2,165.0
Higher than 87% 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).
30
Higher than 59% 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 Drummoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10025/drummoyne/topic/transport