11.9% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sydney · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Sydney
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 40% of people work from home in Sydney, a figure that is far above the national average. This shift towards remote work is part of a broader trend where many residents rely less on cars than people in other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.9% of households in Sydney have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. While this is well above the Australian figure, the proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sydney, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is now the most common way to get to work for 40.2% of the population, a huge increase of 36 points since 2011. This trend is consistent with the 4.1% who use public transport, which is among the highest rates for this level of area.
40.2% ▲ +973.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -74.4%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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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/ucl/UCL101001/sydney/topic/transport