3.6% ▼ -51.3%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wonga Beach · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people without cars live in Wonga Beach compared to the national figure. This makes the area very dependent on private transport, with only 3.6% of homes lacking a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 43.5% owning one and 36% owning two. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen from 7.3% in 2011 to 3.6% in 2021, which is well below the Australian average.
3.6% ▼ -51.3%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Wonga Beach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
How people travel to work.
Most people drive themselves to work (66.1%), while 8.3% work from home. This figure for working from home is far below the national average of 21.0%, and only 1.3% of residents use public transport.
8.3% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Wonga Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321111/wonga-beach/topic/transport