5.0% ▼ -46.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Wyalong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Wyalong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 7.5% of workers in West Wyalong work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%. This makes the town much less likely to have remote workers compared to most other areas. Most residents rely on private cars or local bus services to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.1% owning two. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →West Wyalong splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A higher than usual 6.1% of people use public transport to get to work, which is well above the state average of 2.7%. The vast majority still drive, with 59% as the driver and 8.1% as a passenger.
7.5% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.1% ▲ +88.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 West Wyalong has more public transport routes and stops than about 85% of similar areas, it is still far below the state average for stop density. All local public transport is provided by buses.
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.
0.33
Higher than 58% 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).
4.6
Higher than 58% 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)).
More for West Wyalong
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in West Wyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14273/west-wyalong/topic/transport