11.1% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Werrington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Werrington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High levels of public transport access and use set Werrington apart from similar areas. While nearly half of workers drive, 6.6% use public transport to get to work, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. This accessibility is reflected in the local infrastructure and the number of residents who do not own a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most households have one or two vehicles, with 45.4% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Werrington, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 22.9%, which is a little above the national average. However, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. The most common way to get to work is by car, used by 46.9% of drivers.
22.9% ▲ +1886.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.6% ▼ -60.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 highly available, with 28 stops and 12 routes, making it larger than about 91% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, though the transit time to the city is much higher than most areas at 78 minutes.
28
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.26
Higher than 78% 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).
1,871.8
Higher than 91% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
213,586
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
78
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes 35 minutes by car, which is lower than in most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical walk of just 4 minutes to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
35
Lower than 70% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Werrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14252/werrington/topic/transport