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.
Wakefield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wakefield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Wakefield owns a car, making it far more vehicle-dependent than most similar areas. This reliance is clear as no one uses public transport to get to work. Instead, about 30% of the local workforce works from home, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is exceptionally high here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. Most homes have two cars, while 21.4% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wakefield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Wakefield uses public transport to get to work. Instead, 54.3% drive themselves and 30.0% work from home, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 21.0%.
30.0% ▲ +470.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent in the area, with zero routes or stops. This means there are no weekly departures, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average.
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.
Getting around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 45 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive to the city takes 85 minutes.
45
Higher than 77% 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.
85
Higher than 60% 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)).
- 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 Wakefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14106/wakefield/topic/transport