8.6% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Werris Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Werris Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High reliance on cars shapes daily life in Werris Creek, where 60.5% of workers drive themselves to work. While the town has a high number of transport stops, the actual number of services is far below the state figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have one or two cars, with 42.2% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Werris Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 10.5% of the workforce doing so. Public transport use for commuting is also low at 0.8%, which is a little below the national figure.
10.5% ▲ +47.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -52.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Werris Creek has 22 public transport stops, a figure far above the New South Wales average for similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
22
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.
14.88
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).
177.9
Higher than 72% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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 to the nearest stop is a challenge, as the typical walk takes 44 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
44
Higher than 76% 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 Werris Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14255/werris-creek/topic/transport