3.0% ▲ +126.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wyalong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wyalong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport to get to work in Wyalong than in most similar areas. While most residents rely on cars, the typical home here has two or more vehicles. The town's transport options are primarily based on bus services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Few homes lack a car, with only 3% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped, with 43.5% owning two vehicles and 30.5% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wyalong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 6.1%, which is well above the state figure of 2.7%. In contrast, only 7.3% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%.
7.3% ▼ -53.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.1% ▲ +82.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
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.
The area has four bus routes and two stops, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.23
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).
22.6
Higher than 60% 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 74 minutes on average, which is among the highest times for this level of area.
74
Higher than 93% 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).
More for Wyalong
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14449/wyalong/topic/transport