18.9% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waverley · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Waverley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the working population in Waverley now works from home, a massive jump from just 5.7% in 2011. This shift is part of a broader trend toward less car reliance, with the area seeing a far higher rate of car-free households than the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost one in five homes in Waverley have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. While this figure fell slightly since 2011, it remains among the highest for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Waverley, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and No vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant way people get to work here, at 55.1%, which is far above the national figure. Public transport use for commuting is about the same as the state and national averages, though it fell 13 points since 2011.
55.1% ▲ +871.9%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▼ -78.3%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 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.
Waverley has a high number of weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people, far above the state average. While it has 226 stops and 23 routes, the service is almost entirely provided by buses.
226
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.29
Higher than 50% 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).
2,782.3
Higher than 98% 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).
23
Higher than 73% of council (lga) 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 around is efficient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much lower than most areas, at just 10 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% of council (lga) 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 91% of council (lga) 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 Waverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18050/waverley/topic/transport