4.2% ▼ -57.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wisemans Ferry · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wisemans Ferry
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for almost everyone in Wisemans Ferry, where only 4.2% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This reliance on driving is clear in the commute data, as no one uses public transport to get to work. While there are many bus stops for the population size, the area remains quite isolated from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 66.3% of homes owning one or two vehicles and 16.8% having four or more. Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wisemans Ferry splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 4 or more at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce drive themselves to work, and 21.4% work from home, which is about the same as the national figure. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
21.4% ▲ +196.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bus services are the only option here, with 7 stops providing a high number of stops per person compared to other areas. However, these services are infrequent, with weekly departures per person far below the state average.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
30.04
Higher than 97% 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).
343.3
Higher than 75% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 57 minutes to drive to the city, a time that sits around the middle for similar areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 16 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
57
Lower than 58% 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).
More for Wisemans Ferry
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wisemans Ferry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14362/wisemans-ferry/topic/transport