Woolgoolga · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Woolgoolga

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

Around 65% of working residents in Woolgoolga drive themselves to work. Most households rely heavily on cars, though the number of homes without a vehicle has dropped to 6.1% over the last five years.

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📍 Woolgoolga, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 42.5% owning one and 33.1% owning two. Only 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a lower figure than the state and national averages.

6.1%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 9.4%
  • 2021: 6.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Woolgoolga, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, while only 0.3% of people use public transport. Working from home rose to 8.4% since 2016, though this is still far below the national figure of 21%.

8.4%

Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 8.4%

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

0.3%

Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Woolgoolga, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Woolgoolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114035/woolgoolga/topic/transport