9.0% ▼ -43.2%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Penrith · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Penrith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Penrith than in the typical Australian area, with 28.5% of the workforce doing so. This shift is part of a broader change in how residents get around, as the area has seen a massive jump in remote work since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 9.0% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a much higher figure than most similar areas, but it has fallen from 15.8% in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Penrith splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen by 26 points since 2011, reaching 28.5% of the workforce. In contrast, those using public transport to get to work have fallen to just 2.1%, which is a little below the national figure.
28.5% ▲ +1132.6%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -88.8%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Penrith has a high level of access to services, with 611 public transport stops and 40 routes. This results in 7.22 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
611
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.22
Higher than 91% 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).
1,610.6
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).
40
Higher than 76% 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 Penrith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10066/penrith/topic/transport