Wardell · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Wardell

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

Very few people in Wardell (L) rely on public transport to get around, making cars essential for daily life. This is reflected in the high car ownership rates, with only 3.3% of homes lacking a motor vehicle.

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📍 Wardell, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least two cars, with 43.3% owning exactly two and 15.4% having three. The share of households without a vehicle is 3.3%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

3.3% ▼ -1.2%

Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 2021: 3.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wardell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in the area uses public transport to get to work. While 63.1% of workers drive, those working from home make up 9.6% of the workforce, a figure that has fallen since 2011.

9.6% ▼ -33.9%

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 14.5%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 9.6%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Wardell, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

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 Wardell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121117/wardell/topic/transport