13.6% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wagga Wagga · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wagga Wagga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of households without cars shapes daily travel in Wagga Wagga, where 13.6% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. While most people still rely on cars, the area has a strong network of public transport options to support those without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have one vehicle, while 13.6% have none. This lack of a car is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wagga Wagga, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.6% of people. Only 8% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.0% ▲ +241.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
The area has 53 public transport stops and 47 routes, which is among the largest for similar places. While there are more stops per 1,000 people than in the rest of the state, the number of weekly departures is well below the state figure.
53
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.36
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).
819.7
Higher than 84% 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).
47
Higher than 88% 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.
Getting to a stop is easier here than in most areas, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes to the nearest one.
3
Lower than 79% 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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14101/wagga-wagga/topic/transport