2.8% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wongarbon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wongarbon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher vehicle ownership than most similar areas defines Wongarbon, where almost everyone relies on a car to get around. The area has very limited public transport and a low rate of working from home compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well equipped for travel, with over half owning two vehicles and another 11.5% having four or more. Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wongarbon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 68.6% of people driving. Only 10% work from home, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 31%.
10.0% ▲ +99.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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.
Public transport is very limited, consisting of a single bus route and one stop. While the number of stops is higher than about 67% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.23
Higher than 62% 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).
49.1
Higher than 63% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge in this area, as the typical walk takes 75 minutes, which is among the highest times for this type of location.
75
Higher than 94% 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 Wongarbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14391/wongarbon/topic/transport