4.1% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wangi Wangi · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wangi Wangi
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Vehicle ownership has remained high in Wangi Wangi, where most households rely on cars to get around. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, almost no one uses them to commute to work. This highlights a strong dependence on private cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40.4% owning two vehicles. Only 4.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wangi Wangi, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 55.1% of residents, while 19.8% work from home. Notably, 0.0% of people commute using public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
19.8% ▲ +433.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
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: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Wangi Wangi has 29 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for an area of this size. However, the 509.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
29
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.93
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).
509.6
Higher than 79% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents can reach the nearest transport stop in just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 85 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
85
Higher than 60% 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 Wangi Wangi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14153/wangi-wangi/topic/transport