6.1% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wagga Wagga - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Wagga Wagga - South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has grown by 4.8 percentage points since 2011 in Wagga Wagga - South, though car travel remains the dominant way to get around. Most households now own at least one vehicle, and very few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.8% owning two vehicles. The proportion of homes with no motor vehicle is 6.1%, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wagga Wagga - South splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the primary way to get to work, with 72.9% of people driving. Only 6.8% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%, and just 0.5% use public transport.
6.8% ▲ +247.6%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
While the area has 98 public transport stops—more than about 89% of similar areas—the number of weekly departures is far below the state average. All available public transport services are buses.
98
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.35
Higher than 51% 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).
279.9
Lower than 70% 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).
10
Higher than 62% 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 nearby stop is relatively easy, with a typical walking time of 2 minutes, which is lower than in most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Wagga Wagga - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113031269/wagga-wagga-south/topic/transport