Warialda Rail · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Warialda Rail

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Car ownership has remained the dominant way to move around Warialda Rail, with virtually every household owning at least one vehicle. While the area has more transport stops than many similar places, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in the area has a motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures. Most households are well-equipped, with 43.1% owning two cars and 15.4% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Warialda Rail, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 70.5% of residents. Only 9.8% of people work from home, a figure that is far below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.

9.8% ▼ -36.1%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.4%
  • 2016: 28.9%
  • 2021: 9.8%

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: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Warialda Rail, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

With 10.99 stops per 1,000 people, Warialda Rail has far more stops than the state average. However, these two bus routes are rarely used, as weekly departures are far below the state figure.

10.99

Higher than 88% 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).

65.9

Higher than 65% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest transport stop takes an average of 89 minutes, which is among the highest times seen in similar areas.

89

Higher than 99% 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 Warialda Rail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14168/warialda-rail/topic/transport