3.0% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Willoughby East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Willoughby East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 57.6% of working residents in Willoughby East work from home, a figure far above the national rate of 21%. This high rate of home-based work defines the local transport landscape, though the area remains very well connected to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 51.1% having two vehicles. Only 3% 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 →In Willoughby East, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the primary way people earn a living here, with 57.6% of the workforce doing so. This is far above the 31% seen across New South Wales, while only 1.7% of workers commute by public transport.
57.6% ▲ +753.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -91.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Public transport access is excellent, with 11 stops and 9 routes, among the largest numbers for areas of this size. The area has 1,820.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.90
Higher than 81% 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).
1,820.8
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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
26,436
Higher than 79% 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).
137,040
Higher than 86% 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).
43
Lower than 76% 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.
The area is very centrally located, with a short 10-minute drive to the city. It is also easy to access transit, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes.
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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14321/willoughby-east/topic/transport