14.9% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wollongong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wollongong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer cars and shorter walks to transit make for a different daily rhythm in Wollongong. Around 14.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This trend is supported by a high number of public transport options and a large share of people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The typical home has one vehicle, but 14.9% of households own none. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and sits well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wollongong, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 28.7% of people doing so—a figure well above the own Australian average of 21.0%. While 38.8% drive to work, 8.5% choose to walk.
28.7% ▲ +1006.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -62.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible with 93 stops and 33 routes, among the largest numbers for this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, reaching 2,193.0.
93
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.55
Higher than 76% 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).
2,193.0
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).
33
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is quick, as the usual walk takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is around the middle for its level at 64 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
64
Lower than 53% 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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14376/wollongong/topic/transport