3.0% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wardell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wardell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 61% of working residents in Wardell drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the high number of vehicles per household, while public transport use is almost non-existent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 40.7% owning two vehicles and 21.5% having three or more. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wardell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The typical commute is almost entirely car-based, with 0% of people using public transport to get to work. This is well below the national figure of 3.1%, and the 10.6% who work from home is far below the New South Wales average of 31%.
10.6% ▲ +331.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
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: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
While Wardell has three bus routes and two stops—more than many similar areas—the service is minimal. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, with only 41 departures compared to 1,313.6 across the state.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.41
Higher than 67% 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).
41.0
Higher than 62% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes about 40 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
40
Higher than 74% 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.
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 Wardell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14162/wardell/topic/transport