15.4% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Vaucluse · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Vaucluse
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the workforce in Vaucluse now work from home, making it one of the areas with the highest remote-work rates in the country. This shift has changed how people move through the suburb, as the typical daily commute has evolved. While many still rely on cars, a significant number of households live without one.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.4% of homes in Vaucluse have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households keep one or two cars, with 46.2% owning a single vehicle and 29% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Vaucluse, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 55.3%, a figure far above the Australian average of 21% and a 48 point increase since 2011. In contrast, the share of people using public transport to get to work has fallen sharply to just 2.9%.
55.3% ▲ +697.9%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -82.0%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 2.9%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport here, providing 2,100.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure of 1,313.6. However, there are only 3.96 stops per 1,000 people, which is lower than most areas.
317
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.96
Lower than 64% 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).
2,100.7
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).
15
Lower than 77% 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 Vaucluse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10086/vaucluse/topic/transport