7.8% ▲ +37.4%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Druitt · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Druitt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged by 19 percentage points since 2011 in Mount Druitt, where nearly a quarter of workers now skip the commute. While most people still rely on cars, the area has seen a steady rise in both public transport use and the number of households without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.8% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas and up from 5.7% in 2011. Most households own one or two cars, with 36.4% having two and 34.8% having one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Druitt splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost half of workers drive to work, but 23.4% now work from home, a figure that is a little above the national average. Public transport use for commuting rose to 3.1% since 2011, which is about the same as the national figure.
23.4% ▲ +396.4%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▲ +211.7%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 number of public transport departures per 1,000 people, at 1,615.1, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. There are 472 stops across 26 routes, with buses making up nearly all of the service at 98.4%.
472
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.
5.00
Higher than 58% 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).
1,615.1
Higher than 73% 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).
26
Lower than 51% 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 Mount Druitt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10054/mount-druitt/topic/transport