0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Werai · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Werai
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on cars defines daily life in Werai, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. With no public transport options available, residents must drive for all their needs, though nearly half of the workforce avoids the commute by working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Werai has a car, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% for those without a vehicle. Most households have two cars (37.2%) or one car (30.2%), while 16.3% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Werai, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 45.8% of people doing so—far above the national figure of 21.0%. For those who do travel, 42.4% drive, while no one uses public transport to get to work.
45.8% ▲ +169.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 45.8%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport routes or stops in Werai. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
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.
Getting around is a significant commitment, as it takes 92 minutes to drive to the city. This is higher than most areas, and the 70-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than in other places.
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.
92
Higher than 64% 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 Werai
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Werai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14246/werai/topic/transport