Wongawilli · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wongawilli

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero homes without a car highlights the total reliance on private vehicles in Wongawilli. Most households own at least two cars, which is far more common than across New South Wales or Australia. This reliance on driving is mirrored in how people get to work, with almost no one using public transport.

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📍 Wongawilli, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home here has a motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures for carless households. More than half of all homes own two vehicles, and 12.2% have four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wongawilli, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 3 vehicles is next at 19%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here at 27.9%, a figure well above the national average. However, for those who do leave the house, 54.8% drive themselves, while no one uses public transport to get to work.

27.9% ▲ —

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 27.9%

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: 3.8%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Wongawilli, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 33%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While Wongawilli has five public transport stops—more than 77% of similar areas—it is entirely dependent on buses. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.

4.12

Higher than 74% 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).

548.2

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 11 minutes. For those travelling further, the drive time to the city is 77 minutes.

11

Lower than 53% 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.

77

Higher than 55% 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 Wongawilli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14392/wongawilli/topic/transport