13.2% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Willoughby · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Willoughby
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Willoughby now work from home, making it a standout feature of the area's transport landscape. While the neighborhood has a high number of public transport routes, a growing number of households are choosing to live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.2% of homes in Willoughby have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This has barely changed since 2011, with nearly half of all households owning just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Willoughby, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 55.5% since 2011, a figure far above the national average. While 4.4% of people use public transport to get to work—which is a little above the national figure—this is a sharp drop from 25.8% in 2011.
55.5% ▲ +821.4%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▼ -82.9%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
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.
Willoughby has 335 public transport stops and 79 routes, providing a high volume of weekly departures that is well above the state average. Despite this, the number of stops per 1,000 people is lower than most areas.
335
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.86
Lower than 66% 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).
1,999.4
Higher than 85% 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).
79
Higher than 87% 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 Willoughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10090/willoughby/topic/transport