9.0% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oatley · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Oatley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Oatley than across Australia, with 40.6% of the workforce doing so. This shift is part of a broader trend toward flexible working, while the area maintains a strong connection to public transport networks.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 9% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas and has risen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Oatley splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, which helps explain why the 40.6% rate is well above the state figure. Meanwhile, 4.4% of residents commute by public transport, a figure that is much higher than in most other areas.
40.6% ▲ +293.6%
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▲ +638.4%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
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.
Oatley has 375 public transport stops, which is more than about 76% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are higher than most areas and sit at 1,267.1, roughly the same as the New South Wales figure.
375
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.74
Higher than 53% 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).
1,267.1
Higher than 61% 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).
25
Lower than 54% 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 Oatley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10062/oatley/topic/transport