5.7% ▼ -52.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wentworth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wentworth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people used public transport to get to work in Wentworth in 2021. This reflects a heavy reliance on private cars for daily travel, though about 5.7% of homes do not own a motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 36.9% owning two vehicles and 36.5% owning one. The number of households without a vehicle is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wentworth splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.2% of residents. Around 12% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
12.0% ▲ +111.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While there are 4 bus routes and stops, the service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure of 1,313.6.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.54
Higher than 67% 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).
40.6
Higher than 62% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wentworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14242/wentworth/topic/transport