68.8% ▲ +51.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 68.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Warruwi · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge shift in car ownership has occurred in Warruwi, where the share of homes without a vehicle rose by 23 points since 2011. Most households now get along without a car, meaning the typical resident relies on walking or other means to get around.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 69% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national figure of 7.4%. This is among the highest proportions for any similar area, with only 30% of households owning at least one vehicle.
68.8% ▲ +51.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Warruwi, No vehicle is the majority at 62%; 1 vehicle is next at 27%.
How people travel to work.
Walking is the primary way to get to work for 63.2% of people. No one in the area works from home or uses public transport, which is well below the Australian average for both.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Warruwi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722036/warruwi/topic/transport