9.4% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Williamtown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Williamtown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops and services are available in Williamtown than in the rest of New South Wales. Despite this high access, the area is very far from the city and most people rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 10% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do, the most common setup is a single vehicle, used by 45.8% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Williamtown, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (20%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, and 18% work from home, which is well below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive themselves to work, making up 57.7% of commuters.
18.0% ▲ +184.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
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: 0.8%
- 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.
Williamtown has a very high level of service, with 31.5 stops per 1,000 people compared to just 5.27 across the state. All six of the local routes are bus services, providing 4,769 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
24
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.
31.50
Higher than 98% 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).
4,769.0
Higher 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).
6
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.
The drive time to the city is much higher than most areas at 117 minutes. Residents also face a longer walk to the nearest stop than most, taking typically 28 minutes.
28
Higher than 65% 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.
117
Higher than 79% 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 Williamtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14316/williamtown/topic/transport