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.
Wallarah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wallarah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Wallarah lacks a motor vehicle, making it an area where car ownership is universal. While the own-vehicle rate is exceptionally high, very few people use public transport or work from home compared to the national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 82.2% of homes having two or more vehicles. This means Wallarah has a much lower rate of vehicle-free homes than the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wallarah splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (30%), with 4 or more at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people rely on cars to get to work, with 57.9% driving themselves. Only 16.6% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure.
16.6% ▲ +96.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 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.
Wallarah has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar areas, though these are all bus services. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.72
Higher than 87% 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).
485.5
Higher than 78% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 67 minutes to drive from here to the city. Reaching the nearest transport stop is a challenge for many, with a typical walking time of 25 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
25
Higher than 63% 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.
67
Lower than 52% 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 Wallarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14127/wallarah/topic/transport