Wanerie · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wanerie

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

Almost 32% of people working in Wanerie do so from home, a figure far above the national average. This highlights a community where remote work is common and private cars are essential for travel. With no public transport available, the area relies entirely on personal vehicles to connect with the rest of the region.

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📍 Wanerie, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Wanerie has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households own two or more vehicles, with about 29% having two and nearly 30% owning three or more.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wanerie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 32.3% of the workforce doing so—far above the 21% national figure. For those who do travel, 40.3% drive themselves, while 6.5% walk to work.

32.3% ▲ +5.2%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 30.7%
  • 2016: 32.3%
  • 2021: 32.3%

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

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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.

How people get to work

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In Wanerie, Car (driver) is the majority at 51%; Worked at home is next at 41%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops, routes, or departures in Wanerie. This lack of access is far below the Western Australian average.

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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).

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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 typical drive time from Wanerie to the city is 60 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

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Lower than 56% 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 Wanerie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51522/wanerie/topic/transport