7.0% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Willoughby · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Willoughby
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 55.1% of people in Willoughby now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift is part of a broader trend toward flexible work in the area. Despite this, the suburb remains exceptionally well connected to the city, with a short 8-minute drive or a 27-minute transit trip.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 48.4% owning one vehicle and 34.7% owning two. About 7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Willoughby, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the primary way people manage their jobs here, far exceeding the New South Wales figure. Other workers mostly rely on cars, while 3.7% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
55.1% ▲ +885.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -85.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
The area has an impressive 25 public transport stops, making it larger than about 90% of similar places. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, with all services provided by buses.
25
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.
3.51
Higher than 71% 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).
2,248.6
Higher than 93% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
74,351
Higher than 88% 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).
284,833
Higher than 88% 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).
27
Lower than 95% 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 is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 8 minutes. Access to transit is also excellent, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only one minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Willoughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14320/willoughby/topic/transport