44.3% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.5%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woolloomooloo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woolloomooloo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 44.3% of Woolloomooloo homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. This makes it one of the most car-free areas in the region, where a short 4-minute drive to the city and excellent transit access make private cars unnecessary for many.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all households here do not own a car, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 9.2%. Most other homes have just one vehicle, while only about 10% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Woolloomooloo splits fairly evenly between No vehicle (44%) and 1 vehicle (44%), with 2 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 54.5% of people doing so—far above the 21% national average. Another 15.8% simply walk to work, while 4.2% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure.
54.5% ▲ +1099.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -72.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 very well connected, with 6 different routes and 10 stops. While the number of stops per person is far below the state average, the weekly departures are much higher than most similar areas.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.64
Higher than 68% 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).
1,170.6
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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
98,089
Higher than 89% 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).
520,952
Higher than 92% 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).
23
Lower than 99% 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 around is effortless, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. This is much lower than most areas, matching the very short 4-minute drive time to the city.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
4
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 Woolloomooloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14424/woolloomooloo/topic/transport