17.3% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woollahra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woollahra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of people work from home in Woollahra than the national figure, with 60% of the workforce doing so. This shift is mirrored in the area's vehicle trends, as 17.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Australian average of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17.3% of households here do not own a car, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 9.2%. For those who do, more than half of homes have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woollahra, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 60%, far above the national figure of 21%. Those who do commute use public transport more than most people in other areas, with 4.3% making that choice.
60.0% ▲ +584.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% ▼ -84.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
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.
The area is exceptionally well connected, with 268,791 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. While it has 23 stops and 10 routes, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
23
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.20
Higher than 70% 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).
1,157.9
Higher than 87% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
45,747
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
268,791
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
33
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 7 minutes. Residents also enjoy quick access to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Woollahra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14422/woollahra/topic/transport