Wulagi · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wulagi

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

Over 72% of workers in Wulagi drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area is well-served by bus routes, very few people actually work from home compared to the rest of the country.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here own multiple cars, with 44.9% having two vehicles. Only 2.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%.

2.4% ▼ -36.8%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 2.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wulagi, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is rare here, at just 2.9%, which is far below the Australian average of 21.0%. Public transport use for commuting is 2.1%, a figure that is about the same as the rest of the Territory.

2.9% ▲ +81.7%

Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 2.9%

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

2.1% ▼ -31.5%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In Wulagi, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Car (passenger) is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

Wulagi has strong public transport infrastructure, with 15 stops and 8 routes, which is among the largest for its level. There are 5.98 stops per 1,000 people, far above the Territory average of 3.30.

5.98

Higher than 81% 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).

606.8

Higher than 80% 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).

11,515

Higher than 61% 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).

31,844

Higher than 57% 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).

68

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a nearby stop is very easy for residents, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most other areas.

2

Lower than 86% 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)).
  • 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 Wulagi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70294/wulagi/topic/transport