0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Watagan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Watagan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Watagan has access to a car, making private transport essential for daily life. This total reliance on vehicles is a necessity in a remote area where the drive to the city takes 148 minutes, among the longest trips for areas of this type.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all households have two vehicles, while another 15% have one. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Watagan, 2 vehicles is the majority at 75%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 50%, ahead of Worked at home (30%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There is no public transport available here. With zero stops and no active routes, access is far below the New South Wales average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The commute to the city is very long, taking 148 minutes. This is among the highest drive times for similar areas.
148
Higher than 89% 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).
More for Watagan
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Watagan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14198/watagan/topic/transport