8.5% ▼ -28.2%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wollongong · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Wollongong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all working residents in Wollongong drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. While the city has a massive network of public transport stops, more people are choosing to work from home than they did a decade ago. This shift is clear as 26.6% of the workforce now work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 36.5% of homes have two motor vehicles, and 8.5% have none. This last figure is much higher than most areas, though it has fallen 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wollongong splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose by 24 points since 2011 to reach 26.6%, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, those using public transport to get to work fell to 1.5%, a figure that is a little below both the state and national levels.
26.6% ▲ +820.6%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -69.4%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Wollongong has 1,321 public transport stops, among the largest number for an area of its size. With 6.16 stops per 1,000 people, access is much higher than most areas and slightly above the New South Wales figure.
1,321
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.16
Higher than 84% 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).
1,239.6
Higher than 83% 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).
44
Higher than 86% 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.
A 50-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than most areas. It takes typically 74 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar places.
50
Higher than 78% 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.
74
Higher than 58% 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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18450/wollongong/topic/transport