6.7% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Epping · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Epping
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Epping now work from home, making it one of the most remote-work friendly areas in the region. This shift has transformed daily routines, as the number of people commuting by public transport has dropped sharply from 19.2% in 2011 to just 3.5% today.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Epping have one or two cars, with 38.7% falling into each category. Only 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the New South Wales figure and slightly lower than it was in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Epping splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice for 51.8% of the workforce, which is far above the national figure of 21%. For those who travel, driving is most common at 26.3%, while only 3.5% use public transport to get to work.
51.8% ▲ +1002.5%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -81.8%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 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.
Epping is very well connected, with 397 public transport stops and weekly departures per person that are well above the New South Wales average. Buses make up the vast majority of these services at 94.7%.
397
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.49
Lower than 52% 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).
1,795.3
Higher than 79% 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).
35
Higher than 69% 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 Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10028/epping/topic/transport