4.4% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Wardell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Wardell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops serve East Wardell, making it an area almost entirely dependent on private cars. Most households own multiple vehicles, and virtually no one uses public transit to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 46.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 20.2% owning three. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Wardell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport. Most people drive themselves to work (57.3%), while 17.2% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 31%.
17.2% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves the community far below the New South Wales average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Because there are no local services, the typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 39 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
39
Higher than 73% 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 East Wardell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11368/east-wardell/topic/transport