Woollamia · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Woollamia

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

Almost every household in Woollamia now owns a car, with the share of car-free homes falling 10 points since 2011. This shift to total vehicle reliance is a key feature of the area's transport landscape. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, while public transport use is non-existent.

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📍 Woollamia, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. The typical household is well equipped, with 39.4% owning two vehicles and 21.2% owning three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 10.0%
  • 2016: 9.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Woollamia, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.6% of residents, which is consistent with the fact that no one uses public transport. While 11.3% of people work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.

11.3% ▼ -25.6%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 15.2%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 11.3%

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: 2.8%
  • 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 Woollamia, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

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 Woollamia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122153/woollamia/topic/transport