28.5% ▲ +58.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wolli Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wolli Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people than ever are choosing alternatives to the car in Wolli Creek. This shift is clear as 28.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 9.2%. High numbers of people also work from home or use public transport to reach their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 29% of homes in Wolli Creek have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households that do own a car have only one vehicle, while just 1.5% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wolli Creek, 1 vehicle is the majority at 57%; No vehicle is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 44.5% of people doing so—far above the 21% national average. Public transport use for work is also far above the state and national figures, with 15% of residents using these services.
44.5% ▲ +3046.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
15.0% ▼ -68.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.8%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
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.
With 11 different routes, public transport access is among the largest for similar areas. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, the area is well-connected, with the train being the most used mode at 67.2%.
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.
0.66
Higher than 60% 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).
558.3
Higher than 79% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
90,684
Higher than 89% 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).
663,411
Higher than 94% 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).
33
Lower than 90% 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 fast, with a typical drive time of 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have a short walk to the nearest stop, typically taking 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Wolli Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14371/wolli-creek/topic/transport