Carwoola · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Carwoola

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero public transport stops are found in Carwoola, making it an area where residents rely almost entirely on private cars. The vast majority of households own multiple vehicles, with very few people working from home or using transit to get to work.

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📍 Carwoola, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in Carwoola has a car, with only 1.8% of households lacking a vehicle—a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%. Most homes are well-equipped, with 85.3% owning two or more vehicles.

1.8% ▲ +147.0%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 1.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Carwoola, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 4 or more (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 68% of residents are drivers and no one uses public transport. Those working from home make up 12.3% of the workforce, which is far below the 31% seen across New South Wales.

12.3% ▲ +185.3%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 12.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Carwoola, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport routes or stops available in the area, leaving the number of weekly departures far below the state figure.

0.00

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

0.0

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Because there are no local services, the typical walk to the nearest stop is 84 minutes, which is among the highest times for similar areas.

84

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Carwoola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10840/carwoola/topic/transport