2.4% ▼ -52.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woombah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woombah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops per person are found in Woombah than in most similar areas. However, the community relies heavily on cars, with very few people working from home or using transit to commute. This creates a contrast between the number of available stops and how people actually get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here has a car, with 42% owning two vehicles and 13.7% owning three. Only 2.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woombah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.5% of people as the driver. Only 11.9% of residents work from home, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 31%.
11.9% ▲ +57.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 9 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. Despite this, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.33
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).
249.7
Higher than 74% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 stop takes about 77 minutes on average, which is among the highest times for this level of area.
77
Higher than 95% 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 Woombah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14432/woombah/topic/transport