Wollongbar · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Wollongbar

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

Far more people are working from home in Wollongbar than they were in 2011. This shift is part of a broader trend where cars have become even more essential, with very few households now living without a vehicle. The area relies heavily on private transport for daily travel.

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📍 Wollongbar, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in Wollongbar has a car, with only 1.2% of households lacking one—a figure that is well below the national level and has fallen since 2011. Most homes own two vehicles, while 12.9% have three.

1.2% ▼ -73.5%

Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2021: 1.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wollongbar, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers drive themselves to work (66.3%), and 12.7% now work from home, which is a rise of 8.4 percentage points since 2011. Public transport use is very low, with only 0.6% of people catching a bus.

12.7% ▲ +197.4%

Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2021: 12.7%

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

0.6% ▲ —

Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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.

How people get to work

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In Wollongbar, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

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 Wollongbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115162/wollongbar/topic/transport