15.3% ▲ +98.7%
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parramatta · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Parramatta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 42% of workers in Parramatta now work from home, which is far above the national figure. This shift is part of a broader trend toward less car reliance in the area, where a high number of households live without any motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average and has nearly doubled since 2011. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is having just one vehicle, seen in 46.2% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Parramatta, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 42.1% of people doing so, far exceeding the Australian average of 21.0%. Meanwhile, 4.9% of workers use public transport to get to work, which is a little above the national figure.
42.1% ▲ +375.3%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▲ +722.1%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
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.
Parramatta has one of the largest networks of public transport routes and stops, with 455 stops across the area. This supports a very high volume of services, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the New South Wales figure.
455
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.
4.06
Lower than 62% 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).
2,118.2
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).
63
Higher than 86% 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 Parramatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10065/parramatta/topic/transport