5.3% ▼ -42.2%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wentworth - Buronga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Wentworth - Buronga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Wentworth - Buronga relies on a car, as only 5.3% of homes have no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is clear in the daily routine, with nearly 70% of workers driving themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 40.6% owning two and 16.9% owning three. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen 3.8 percentage points since 2011, leaving this area well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wentworth - Buronga, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, while only 0.7% of people use public transport. Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 9.9% of the workforce doing so.
9.9% ▲ +36.6%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ +165.2%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 limited to buses, but service is sparse. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 83.2, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
25
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.84
Lower than 57% 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).
83.2
Lower than 82% 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).
11
Higher than 67% 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.
Getting to a transit point can be a challenge, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 13 minutes. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
13
Higher than 74% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wentworth - Buronga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/109021178/wentworth-buronga/topic/transport