5.8% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woolgoolga · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woolgoolga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Woolgoolga than in the rest of the state, with only 8.4% doing so. This is a car-dependent area where most residents rely on private vehicles to get around and reach their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one vehicle, though 5.8% of households have none. This is much higher than most similar areas, despite being a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woolgoolga, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 65.5% of people as the driver. Only 0.3% use public transport, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.7%.
8.4% ▲ +126.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -57.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 provided entirely by buses, with 14 stops and one route. While the number of stops is larger than about 84% of similar areas, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.28
Higher than 66% 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).
127.1
Higher than 71% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 46 minutes on average. This is much higher than most similar areas.
46
Higher than 77% 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 Woolgoolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14420/woolgoolga/topic/transport