St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer people live without a car in St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point compared to the state average. This reliance on private transport is a defining feature of the area, with very few residents using public transport to get to work.

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📍 St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 3.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have one or two cars, and the proportion of car-free homes fell by 5.2 points since 2011.

3.5% ▼ -59.9%

Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.7%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Reliance on cars is high, as only 0.2% of workers use public transport, a figure a little below the national average. While 8.7% of people now work from home—up 6.9 points since 2011—this is still far below the New South Wales rate of 31%.

8.7% ▲ +366.9%

Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 8.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.2% ▼ -52.3%

Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

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 St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113015/st-georges-basin-sanctuary-point/topic/transport