1.8% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wright · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wright
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Wright lack a car compared to the rest of the territory, with only 1.8% of households without one. This reliance on private transport is a key feature of the area, though it is supported by a short 11-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns at least one vehicle, and 45.8% of households have two. The rate of carless homes is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wright splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (46%) and 1 vehicle (42%), with 3 vehicles at 8%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 66.3% of residents. About 10.9% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
10.9% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport relies entirely on buses, with 8 stops serving the area. While the number of weekly departures is much higher than most similar areas, it is still far below the ACT average.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.10
Higher than 66% 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).
559.1
Higher than 79% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,418
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).
21,632
Higher than 50% 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).
41
Lower than 79% 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 the city is quick, with a drive time that is among the lowest for its level. Most residents have a short 5-minute walk to their nearest transport stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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).
More for Wright
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80135/wright/topic/transport