9.3% ▼ -72.8%
Higher than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Warringah · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Warringah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of working residents in Warringah now work from home, a rate far above the national figure. This shift is part of a broader trend where the area has seen a massive increase in remote work since 2016. While public transport access is high, the community relies heavily on cars and home offices.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though 9.3% have none. This figure is much higher than in most similar areas, despite a huge drop from 34.2% in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Warringah, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here, with 52.5% of workers doing so—far above the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. This has come as public transport use for commuting plummeted from 20.7% in 2016 to just 3.1% in 2021.
52.5% —
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% —
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bus services are the only form of public transport available, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is among the highest at this level. There are 775 stops in total, providing more access than most similar areas.
775
Lower than 52% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.14
Higher than 65% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,355.1
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
53
Lower than 52% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is faster than in most areas, taking about 16 minutes. However, it takes longer to reach the nearest transport stop on foot, with a typical walk of 10 minutes.
10
Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
16
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Warringah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED143/warringah/topic/transport