15.9% ▲ +126.9%
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kogarah · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Kogarah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of households in Kogarah live without a car, which is a trend that has grown significantly since 2011. This reliance on other travel options is supported by a strong public transport network and a very large number of people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 9.2% and has risen by 8.9 points since 2011. Most households have either one vehicle (45.4%) or two (27.0%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kogarah, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 31.8%, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. While 9.8% of residents use public transport to get to work—well above the state average—this is a 10 point drop since 2011.
31.8% ▲ +371.5%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.8% ▼ -51.0%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
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.
Daily travel is supported by 462 public transport stops and 39 routes, which is more than most similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the New South Wales figure, with buses making up the vast majority of services.
462
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.
4.93
Higher than 57% 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).
1,571.2
Higher than 72% 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).
39
Higher than 75% 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 Kogarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10040/kogarah/topic/transport