Werris Creek · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Werris Creek

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

Much higher numbers of people in Werris Creek get around without a car than in most similar areas. While most homes have at least one vehicle, 9.1% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This figure has risen 3.7 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Werris Creek, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Nearly half of all homes have just one vehicle, while 29.7% have two. The proportion of homes without a car is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

9.1% ▲ +69.8%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 9.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Werris Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers drive, with 62.4% as the driver. Only 9.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, and just 1.0% use public transport.

9.2% ▲ +154.9%

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 9.2%

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

1.0% ▼ -7.3%

Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Werris Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

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 Werris Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115157/werris-creek/topic/transport