14.1% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rockdale · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Rockdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 35% of working residents in Rockdale work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of home-based work is a key feature of the area's transport profile, alongside a significant number of households that do not own a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 14.1% of homes in Rockdale have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales and Australian figures. This trend has barely changed since 2011, with 47.3% of households owning one vehicle and 27% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rockdale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen sharply since 2011 to reach 34.7%, making it much more common here than in most areas. Public transport use for commuting is also well above state and national levels at 7.8%, although this is down 11 points since 2011.
34.7% ▲ +1200.6%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.8% ▼ -59.4%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
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.
Rockdale has 375 public transport stops and 28 routes, though the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales average. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are about the same as the state figure, with buses being the main mode used.
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.
3.99
Lower than 63% 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).
1,240.8
Higher than 60% 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).
28
Higher 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 Rockdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10072/rockdale/topic/transport