20.1% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Warrawong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Warrawong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 20% of homes in Warrawong have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 9.2%. This reliance on other transport is supported by a high density of public transport options. Most residents still use cars, but the area is much better connected to transit than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About one in five homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, 44.7% of homes have one vehicle, while 23% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Warrawong, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (23%) and No vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here than elsewhere, at 13.1%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. Most people commute by car, with 57.7% driving to work.
13.1% ▲ +981.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -42.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Public transport is very accessible, with 39 stops and 7 routes, making it larger than about 91% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state average, though all services are bus-based.
39
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.37
Higher than 86% 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).
2,119.8
Higher than 92% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting to a transport stop is very quick, with a typical walk time of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 69 minutes.
1
Lower 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.
69
Higher than 50% 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 Warrawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14185/warrawong/topic/transport