Wisemans Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wisemans Creek

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single home in Wisemans Creek owns a motor vehicle, reflecting a deep reliance on cars for daily life. The area is very remote, with a drive time of 161 minutes to the city, which is among the highest for similar places.

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📍 Wisemans Creek, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every household here has at least one car, which is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures for homes without vehicles. More than half of all homes have two vehicles, while 16.7% have three.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wisemans Creek, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 30%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here for 31.1% of residents, which is far above the national figure. For those who do travel, 66.7% drive alone, and nobody uses public transport to get to work.

31.1%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 31.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Wisemans Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 32%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales average.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is dominated by private travel, as it takes 161 minutes to drive to the city, one of the longest commutes for this type of area.

161

Higher than 92% 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 Wisemans Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14361/wisemans-creek/topic/transport