3.6% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oaklands · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Dependence on private cars is very high in Oaklands, where no one uses public transport to get to work. With only 3.6% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, most residents rely on their own transport for daily travel.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 47% of households keeping three or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that far fewer homes lack a car compared to the New South Wales average of 9.2%.
3.6% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Oaklands, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 59% of residents, while 15.7% walk. No one in the area uses public transport or works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21% for home-based work.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
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 Oaklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122103/oaklands/topic/transport