5.8% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wyong · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Wyong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Heavy reliance on cars shapes daily life in Wyong, where only 5.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Wyong have at least one car, with 37.4% owning one vehicle and 36.8% owning two. The proportion of households without a car is 5.8%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wyong splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has become much more common, rising 17 points since 2011 to reach 20.3%. Conversely, public transport use for work is very low at 0.9%, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
20.3% ▲ +481.3%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -68.5%
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Wyong has 1,422 public transport stops, putting it among the largest for its level with 8.46 stops per 1,000 people. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 5.27, and weekly departures are also a little above the state average.
1,422
Higher than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.46
Higher than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,459.2
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
68
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) 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 into the city takes a long time, with a typical drive time of 67 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. Reaching the nearest transport stop is also slower than usual, taking about 12 minutes on foot.
12
Higher than 69% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
67
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Wyong
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10202/wyong/topic/transport