11.6% ▲ +115.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gwabegar · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gwabegar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work in Gwabegar, making private vehicles or working from home essential for daily life. While 11.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a quarter of the workforce avoids commuting entirely by working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.6% of households here do not own a motor vehicle, which is well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. For those with cars, the most common setup is two vehicles per home, seen in 32.6% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gwabegar splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 1 vehicle (28%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 57.1% of residents. This is supported by a high rate of people working from home at 26.2%, which is well above the national figure of 21.0%.
26.2% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 routes or stops in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Gwabegar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11830/gwabegar/topic/transport