6.2% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wagga Wagga · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Wagga Wagga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift towards working from home has emerged in Wagga Wagga, where that figure rose 4.5 points since 2011 to reach 8.4%. Despite this, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. Most households own at least one vehicle to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 38.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 34.9% owning one. Only 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wagga Wagga splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69% of people as the driver and 5.4% as passengers. Public transport use is very low at 0.5%, while the 8.4% of people working from home is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.4% ▲ +116.4%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Wagga Wagga has a large network of 48 routes and 309 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
309
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.57
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
295.1
Higher than 65% of council (lga) 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).
48
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17750/wagga-wagga/topic/transport