The Oaks · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in The Oaks

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

Almost every home in The Oaks owns a car, making private vehicles essential for daily life. Only 1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011.

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📍 The Oaks, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have multiple cars, with 43.2% owning two and 16.4% owning four or more. The 1% of homes without a vehicle is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

1.0% ▼ -91.2%

Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 1.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In The Oaks, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way to get to work for 57.3% of people, while 20.1% work from home, a figure that rose 15 points since 2011. Public transport use has fallen to 0.0%.

20.1% ▲ +280.7%

Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 5.2%
  • 2021: 20.1%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In The Oaks, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

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 The Oaks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115136/the-oaks/topic/transport