Walcha Road · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Walcha Road

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

Almost every home in Walcha Road owns a car, making private vehicles essential for daily life. This reliance on driving is reflected in the local workforce, where a third of people work from home and no one uses public transport to commute.

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📍 Walcha Road, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 40% of homes owning four or more vehicles. In contrast to the state figure of 9.2%, no homes in Walcha Road are without a motor vehicle.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Walcha Road, the largest group is 4 or more at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 33.3% of residents, which is far above the national figure of 21%. While many drive to work, no one uses public transport for their daily commute.

33.3%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 39.3%
  • 2021: 33.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Walcha Road, the largest group is Car (driver) at 48%, followed by Worked at home (36%) and Walked (16%).

Public transport access

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

The area has 27.78 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.

27.78

Higher than 96% 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).

388.9

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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Walcha Road [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14112/walcha-road/topic/transport