Wallalong · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wallalong

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

Nearly 38% of households in Wallalong have two motor vehicles, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in this rural area. Private transport is essential here, as there are no public transport stops or routes serving the community.

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📍 Wallalong, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes go without a car, with only 1.3% having no vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and the national figure of 7.4%.

1.3% ▲ —

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wallalong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, and 19.6% work from home, which is a little below the national figure of 21%. No one in the area commutes using public transport.

19.6% ▲ +344.1%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 19.6%

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: 1.1%
  • 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 Wallalong, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is entirely absent in Wallalong, with zero stops, routes, or weekly departures. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 111 minutes. This is much higher than most areas.

111

Higher than 75% 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 Wallalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14122/wallalong/topic/transport