15.4% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waitara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Waitara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the working population now work from home in Waitara, a figure far above the national average. This shift to remote work is mirrored in the high number of households without any motor vehicles. The area is well connected, with many residents living just a short walk from public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households rely on a single car, while only 1.9% have three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Waitara, 1 vehicle is the majority at 65%; 2 vehicles is next at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 50.9% of people doing so, far above the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas at 8%.
50.9% ▲ +1487.8%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.0% ▼ -78.5%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
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.
Waitara is highly accessible, with 8 public transport routes and 9 stops, which is larger than about 81% of similar areas. This allows over 205,000 people to be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.15
Higher than 62% 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).
392.0
Higher than 76% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
23,820
Higher than 77% 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).
205,769
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
54
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is efficient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is 24 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
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.
24
Lower than 79% 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 Waitara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14104/waitara/topic/transport