7.4% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wakehurst · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Wakehurst
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is a major part of daily life in Wakehurst, where 38.2% of people do their jobs from residence. This is far above the national figure and reflects a shift in how locals get around. While most households rely on cars, the area has seen a significant drop in public transport use for commuting since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households in Wakehurst own at least one car, with 37.6% having two vehicles. Only 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wakehurst splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A huge 38.2% of the workforce now works from home, a figure that rose 33 points since 2011 and is far above the national average. In contrast, only 3.6% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a sharp fall from 12% in 2011.
38.2% ▲ +628.0%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▼ -69.7%
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 in Wakehurst relies entirely on buses, with 329 stops across the area. While there are fewer stops per person than in the rest of New South Wales, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the state figure.
329
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.95
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,215.2
Higher than 88% of state electorate 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).
33
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wakehurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10088/wakehurst/topic/transport