4.3% ▼ -56.1%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pittwater · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Pittwater
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is the most common way people get to work in Pittwater, where 40.6% of the workforce now operates from their own residence. This shift is part of a huge trend, as the number of people working from home has risen by 38 points since 2011. Most households here rely heavily on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households get by without a car, with only 4.3% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This is a further drop from 2011, and most homes now own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pittwater, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The use of public transport for commuting is very low at 1.4%, a figure that has fallen 6.3 points since 2011. This is a little below the state and national averages, with the car remaining the primary way to travel for those who don't work from home.
40.6% ▲ +1331.8%
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -82.0%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Pittwater has a high number of public transport stops relative to its population, and weekly departures are well above the New South Wales figure. These services are exclusively bus routes, as there are no trains, trams, or ferries in the area.
421
Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.59
Higher than 71% 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).
2,099.6
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).
19
Lower than 70% 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 Pittwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10067/pittwater/topic/transport