44.0% ▲ +470.8%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sydney · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Sydney
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the working population in Sydney now work from home, a massive increase from just 6.7% in 2011. This shift towards remote work is mirrored in the way people live, with a huge 44% of households choosing to live without a motor vehicle. The area is a major transport hub with an exceptionally high number of weekly public transport departures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Far more homes here lack a car than in the rest of the state, with 44% of households owning no vehicle. This is a significant change from 2011, when only 7.7% of homes were without a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sydney splits fairly evenly between No vehicle (44%) and 1 vehicle (44%), with 2 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 51.1%, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also well above the state and national averages, with 8% of workers using these services.
51.1% ▲ +663.5%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.0% ▲ +1730.6%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 8.0%
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.
The area has one of the highest rates of weekly public transport departures among similar places, far exceeding the New South Wales figure. While there are 139 routes and 284 stops, there are only 3.04 stops per 1,000 people, which is much lower than most areas.
284
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.04
Lower than 80% 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).
3,797.6
Higher than 99% 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).
139
Higher than 90% 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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10080/sydney/topic/transport