Way Way · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Way Way

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

Far fewer homes go without a car in Way Way than across the rest of the country. Every single household here owns at least one motor vehicle, making the area highly dependent on private transport for daily life.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have two vehicles, and 12.8% own four or more. This explains why 0% of households are without a car, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Way Way, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and 25.9% work from home, which is well above the Australian figure. No one here commutes using public transport.

25.9% ▲ +169.6%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.6%
  • 2016: 17.9%
  • 2021: 25.9%

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 Way Way, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Worked at home is next at 31%.

Public transport access

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

While there are 4 bus stops—far more per person than the New South Wales average—the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.

15.09

Higher than 90% 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).

452.8

Higher than 77% 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.

Public transport is not a practical option for most, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 70 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

70

Higher than 91% 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 Way Way [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14220/way-way/topic/transport