4.5% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woolwich · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woolwich
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all working residents in Woolwich work from home, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of remote work is a standout feature for the area, which also benefits from very quick road access to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.1% owning two. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woolwich, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 4 or more (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 45%, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. Driving is the next most common choice, with 33.9% of residents as the driver.
45.0% ▲ +415.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -69.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 well served by public transport, with 9.6 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. All local transit is provided by buses, with 1,181.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.60
Higher than 87% 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).
1,181.3
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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,844
Higher than 58% 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).
73,069
Higher than 73% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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 only 12 minutes. Residents also have excellent local access, with the walk to the nearest stop taking just one minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Woolwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14430/woolwich/topic/transport