4.2% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Walcha · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Walcha
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households are without a car in Walcha than in 2011, with only 4.2% of homes now lacking a vehicle. This reliance on private transport is clear, as almost no one uses public transit to get to work. Instead, many residents work from home, a trend that has risen by 4 percentage points over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, a figure well below the national rate of 7.4%. Most households own multiple vehicles, with 39.8% having two and another 28% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Walcha, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 28.6%, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. Not a single person uses public transport to commute, with most people either driving or working from home.
28.6% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 in Walcha, with only 3 stops and 0.95 stops per 1,000 people. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
3
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.95
Lower than 89% 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).
14.6
Lower than 89% 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).
8
Higher than 52% 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 Walcha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110011189/walcha/topic/transport