2.0% ▼ -54.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wamberal · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wamberal
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 43% of Wamberal households own two cars, making private vehicles the primary way people get around. While public transport options are available, the area is heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. A significant number of residents also work from home, far exceeding the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and only 2% have none, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Nearly 28% of households own three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wamberal, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at 32.1%, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. Only 0.8% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure.
32.1% ▲ +409.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -67.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
The area has 63 public transport stops and 10 routes, all using buses. This gives Wamberal 9.01 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
63
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.01
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).
1,605.1
Higher than 90% 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).
10
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).
22,825
Higher than 51% 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 66 minutes to drive to the city, a time that is around the middle for similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
66
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 Wamberal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14140/wamberal/topic/transport