Cycling in Sydney - Participation

Participation

Cycling participation rates lag behind most of the other Australian state capitals. In recent years, rates of cycling as a mode of transport is slowly rising. The 2011 census recorded that in Sydney as a whole, 0.9% of trips to and from work were completed by cyclists, a 28% increase on the 2006 census figure of 0.7%. A break down by local governemnt area yields the following results

• Marrickville 4.2%
• Leichhardt 3.6%
• Sydney 3.5%
• Waverley 3.1%
• Manly 2.1%
• Lane Cove 1.8%
• North Sydney 1.6%
• Willoughby 1.3%
• Mosman 1.3%