0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wolumla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wolumla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained the dominant way to get around Wolumla, where every single home now has at least one motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel, with the vast majority of workers driving themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Wolumla has a vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% national figure for households without one. Most households have two cars, while about 30% of homes own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wolumla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 72.3% of residents. Very few people work from home at 7.2%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
7.2% ▲ +37.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
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.
There are 6.52 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all services are provided by bus.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.52
Higher than 84% 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).
133.0
Higher than 72% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes about 30 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
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 Wolumla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14380/wolumla/topic/transport