Wongyarra · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wongyarra

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every worker in Wongyarra relies on a private car to get around, as there is no public transport available. With zero bus or train services, the area is heavily dependent on road travel for all daily trips.

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📍 Wongyarra, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 47%, ahead of 3 vehicles (35%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wongyarra, 2 vehicles is the majority at 57%; 3 vehicles is next at 43%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 77.8% of people as car drivers. While 11.1% of residents work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21%.

11.1%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 11.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Wongyarra, Car (driver) is the majority at 88%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This is far below the South Australian average of nearly five stops per 1,000 people.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The lack of local services means residents face a long trek to the nearest stop, with a typical walk taking 77 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas of this size.

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 Wongyarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41633/wongyarra/topic/transport