1.6% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Werri Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Werri Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Werri Beach have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for travel. This is a car-dependent area where very few households get by without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own multiple cars, with 16.5% owning three and 7.1% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Werri Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to their job, while 22.5% work from home, a figure slightly above the national average. Only 1.3% of the workforce use public transport to get to work.
22.5% ▲ +135.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▲ —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with one stop. While this is higher than most similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.96
Higher than 65% 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).
19.6
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Residents typically face a 93-minute drive to the city, which is longer than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest public transport stop is relatively short at about 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
93
Higher than 65% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Werri Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14250/werri-beach/topic/transport