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.
Wallaroo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wallaroo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single home in Wallaroo has a motor vehicle, making cars the primary way people get around. This reliance on driving is clear in the daily commute, where nearly 64% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 63% of homes owning three or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wallaroo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most residents drive to work, though 22.2% work from home, which is a little above the national figure. No one in the area uses public transport to commute.
22.2% ▲ +61.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
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: 0.8%
- 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.
While there are more stops per person than in most similar areas, actual service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, with the two available routes serviced entirely by buses.
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.
5.21
Higher than 78% 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).
104.2
Higher than 69% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wallaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14130/wallaroo/topic/transport