Woodenbong · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Woodenbong

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

Almost no one relies on public transport to get to work in Woodenbong, making private cars the primary way to move around. While the area has a high number of stops relative to its population, the long walk to reach them means most residents depend on their own vehicles.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, though 6% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than in most similar areas, despite being a little below the national figure.

6.0% ▼ -23.0%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.8%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 6.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Woodenbong splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is a common way to get to work for 17% of people, while 53.7% drive. Very few people work from home at 9.5%, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures.

9.5% ▲ +17.2%

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.1%
  • 2016: 6.3%
  • 2021: 9.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Woodenbong, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Walked is next at 20%.

Public transport access

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

There are 15.38 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the state average. However, the 107.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.

15.38

Higher than 90% 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).

107.7

Higher than 69% 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.

Getting to a stop is difficult for many, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 48 minutes. This is much higher than in most areas.

48

Higher than 78% 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 Woodenbong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14400/woodenbong/topic/transport