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.
The Oaks · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In The Oaks, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
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