18.9% ▲ +71.4%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wentworth · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Wentworth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the working population in Wentworth now work from home, a figure that has jumped 49 percentage points since 2016. This makes it one of the most remote-working areas in the region, with 55.8% of workers avoiding a daily commute. This shift is mirrored in the high number of homes without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly one in five homes in Wentworth have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. This proportion of car-free households rose 7.9 percentage points since 2011, and about 48.1% of homes now have only one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wentworth, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and No vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant way to get to work for 55.8% of residents, far exceeding the New South Wales figure of 31%. In contrast, the proportion of people using public transport for their commute fell sharply from 21.4% in 2016 to just 3.6% in 2021.
55.8% —
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% —
Higher than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
While there are fewer stops per person than in most areas, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure. Buses are the primary mode of transport here, making up 97.6% of all public transport options.
593
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.06
Lower than 68% 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).
2,719.9
Higher than 94% 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).
37
Lower than 77% 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.
The area is very accessible, with a short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. It also has a very short drive time to the city of only 10 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 71% 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.
10
Lower than 94% 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 Wentworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED145/wentworth/topic/transport