13.6% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wyong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wyong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Wyong lack a car than in most other areas, with 13.6% of households having no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. While many still rely on cars, the area has a very high density of public transport options to help residents get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, 44% of households have one vehicle and 27.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wyong, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 21.7% of people doing so, which is about the same as the Australian average. While nearly half of workers drive, 3.2% use public transport to get to work.
21.7% ▲ +416.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -58.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Public transport is highly available, with 15.23 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state figure of 5.27. The area also has one of the largest numbers of routes and stops, with weekly departures far above the New South Wales average.
69
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
15.23
Higher than 90% 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).
2,784.1
Higher than 96% 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).
41
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,120
Higher than 57% 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).
14,349
Lower than 55% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident about 4 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than in most areas. The drive time to the city is 64 minutes, placing Wyong around the middle for its level.
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.
64
Lower than 53% 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 Wyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14464/wyong/topic/transport