3.9% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woolgoolga - Arrawarra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Woolgoolga - Arrawarra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 66% of working residents in Woolgoolga - Arrawarra drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. Most homes here have at least one vehicle, and very few people rely on public transport for their daily commute. This reliance on cars is mirrored by a lack of frequent public transport options in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 38.5% having two vehicles and 12.7% having three. Only 3.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Woolgoolga - Arrawarra splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, where 21% do so compared to 9.9% locally. Only 1.3% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
9.9% ▲ +135.2%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▲ +131.2%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 very limited, with only one route serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
44
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.04
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
112.8
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
1
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Access to transit is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 53 minutes. This is among the highest times for any area at this level.
53
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Woolgoolga - Arrawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/104021091/woolgoolga-arrawarra/topic/transport