7.9% ▼ -46.4%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Walgett · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Walgett
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost everyone in Walgett relies on their own car to get around, as public transport is very limited. While 7.9% of homes still have no motor vehicle, this is much higher than most areas despite a decline since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 38.4% having one and 33.2% having two. The share of homes without a vehicle is much higher than in most other areas, though it fell by 6.9 percentage points over the last decade.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Walgett, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 57.5% of people as the driver. Only 0.3% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure, and 13.6% work from home—a rate well below the New South Wales figure.
13.6% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport is sparse, with only 3 stops and 7 routes across the area. This results in just 0.57 stops and 6.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, both of which are far below the New South Wales figures.
3
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.57
Lower than 77% 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).
6.1
Lower than 75% 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).
7
Higher than 50% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Walgett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17900/walgett/topic/transport