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.
Werris Creek · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Werris Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
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.
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