0.5% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woronora Heights · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Woronora Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 37% of workers in Woronora Heights now work from home, a figure far above the Australian average. This shift toward home-based work is a key part of the area's transport story, where car ownership is extremely high and very few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every household here owns a car, with only 0.5% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most homes are well-equipped, as 84.2% of households have two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woronora Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, and the share of people doing so rose 33 percentage points since 2016. Very few people use public transport to get to work—just 1.3%, which is a little below the national figure and a sharp drop from previous years.
37.1% —
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% —
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 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.
While the area has 6.22 transport stops per 1,000 people—much higher than most areas—there are only two public transport routes. All available services are buses, though weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state average.
22
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.22
Higher 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).
953.1
Higher than 56% 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).
2
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
20,895
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
20,895
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest stop is just two minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 38 minutes, which is higher than 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.
38
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Woronora Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/128021609/woronora-heights/topic/transport