7.2% ▼ -29.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woonona · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woonona
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Woonona than in most similar areas, with 31.7% of workers avoiding a daily commute. While the suburb has a high number of public transport stops, the vast majority of residents still rely on cars or home offices to get through their day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 7.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, despite being a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Woonona splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly a third of workers (31.7%) work from home, which is far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Only 1.1% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still lower than the state and national averages.
31.7% ▲ +848.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -75.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Woonona has 34 public transport stops and 6 routes, placing it among the largest for its level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most similar areas, though far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.75
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).
625.2
Higher than 81% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes only 4 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 57 minutes, which is around the middle for similar places.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
57
Lower than 58% 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)).
- 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 Woonona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14434/woonona/topic/transport