Varroville · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Varroville

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

A staggering 40.9% of homes in Varroville have four or more motor vehicles. This makes the area exceptionally dependent on cars, with not a single household lacking a vehicle. While public transport is available, most residents rely on their own cars or work from home.

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📍 Varroville, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Varroville has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% for homes with no vehicle. Most households are heavily equipped, with 40.9% owning four or more cars.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Varroville, the largest group is 4 or more at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 35% of people doing so, a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. This helps explain why 0.0% of the workforce commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure.

35.0% ▲ +220.8%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.9%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 35.0%

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: 5.5%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Varroville, Car (driver) is the majority at 53%; Worked at home is next at 47%.

Public transport access

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

Varroville has more stops per 1,000 people than most areas, but weekly departures are far below the New South Wales figure. All public transport options are buses, yet zero people are reachable within 45 minutes by transit.

7.46

Higher than 86% 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).

111.9

Higher than 70% 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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 39 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most similar areas. Residents face a typical walk of 18 minutes to reach their nearest transport stop.

18

Higher than 57% 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.

39

Lower than 68% of suburb / locality 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 Varroville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14088/varroville/topic/transport