Warren · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Warren

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

Far fewer people work from home in Warren than across the rest of the country. While 21% of Australians now work from home, only 6.3% of people in Warren do, showing a huge gap compared to the national figure. Most residents rely on cars or walking to get around.

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📍 Warren, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. For those who do own cars, 37.4% of homes have one vehicle and 36.6% have two.

8.1% ▼ -14.4%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.5%
  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 8.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Warren splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 71.1% as the driver. Just 1% of the workforce uses public transport, which is a little below the New South Wales and national figures.

6.3% ▼ -23.2%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.2%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 6.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.0% ▲ +136.6%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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 Warren, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Walked is next at 8%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is limited to two bus routes and a single stop. While this is more than some similar areas, the 6.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.

0.79

Higher than 60% 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).

6.3

Higher than 58% 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 about 85 minutes, which is among the highest times recorded for areas at this level.

85

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 Warren [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14189/warren/topic/transport