18.2% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Strathfield · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Strathfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly one in five homes in Strathfield have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This suggests a lifestyle where residents rely more on other ways to get around, though the area has seen a massive shift toward working from home in recent years.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 18.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure. While this has fallen slightly since 2011, most households still have only one car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Strathfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and No vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common here than in most areas, with 37% of people doing so—a huge rise of 34 points since 2011. Public transport use for commuting is also well above the national figure, though it has dropped since 2011.
37.0% ▲ +1139.9%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
10.1% ▼ -64.1%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
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.
Strathfield has one of the largest networks of transport routes and a very high number of weekly departures compared to the state average. While there are fewer stops per person than in most areas, the 382 available stops are more than 78% of similar places.
382
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.74
Lower than 69% 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).
1,926.2
Higher than 83% 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).
58
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 Strathfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10077/strathfield/topic/transport