4.9% ▼ -32.8%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wentworth-Balranald Region · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Wentworth-Balranald Region
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the people who commute in the Wentworth-Balranald Region drive themselves to work. Most households here rely heavily on cars, and very few people use public transport to get around. This is a car-dependent area where the vast majority of residents prefer private vehicles for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 39.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 10.3% owning four or more. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wentworth-Balranald Region, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.6% of people use public transport for their commute, which is much lower than most areas. Working from home is also far less common here than across New South Wales, with 17.0% of workers doing so.
17.0% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -70.7%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only 9 stops and 6 routes across the region. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure, and all available services are buses.
9
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.47
Lower than 75% 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).
26.9
Lower than 85% 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).
6
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wentworth-Balranald Region [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/109021179/wentworth-balranald-region/topic/transport