Warwick Farm · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Warwick Farm

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

Far more homes in Warwick Farm are without a car than in most similar areas, with 22.3% of households having no motor vehicle. This high rate of car-free living is mirrored in the way people travel, as public transport use for commuting is well above the national figure.

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📍 Warwick Farm, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 22.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households that do own a car have only one vehicle, accounting for 53.5% of homes.

22.3% ▼ -25.1%

Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 29.8%
  • 2016: 23.1%
  • 2021: 22.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Warwick Farm, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; No vehicle is next at 22%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Commuting by public transport is among the highest for similar areas at 6.4%, which is well above the 3.1% national average. Around 21.1% of people work from home, a figure about the same as the rest of Australia.

21.1% ▲ +972.4%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 21.1%

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

6.4% ▼ -53.1%

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.7%
  • 2016: 18.0%
  • 2021: 6.4%

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 Warwick Farm, the largest group is Car (driver) at 49%, followed by Worked at home (26%) and Walked (11%).

Public transport access

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

Public transport access is strong, with 26 stops and 9 routes, which is larger than most similar areas. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.

4.24

Higher than 74% 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).

748.7

Higher than 83% 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).

5,937

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

112,368

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

84

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 29 minutes, which is lower than most areas. It takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, placing the area around the middle for its level.

8

Lower than 57% 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.

29

Lower than 75% 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Warwick Farm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14195/warwick-farm/topic/transport