13.2% ▲ +46.7%
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Watson · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Watson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A striking 31.6% of workers in Watson now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift is part of a broader trend where many residents avoid daily travel, while a significant number of households live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.2% of Watson homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This proportion has risen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Watson, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 29 percentage points since 2016 to reach 31.6% of the workforce. While 5.1% of people use public transport to get to work, this is much higher than most similar areas.
31.6% —
Higher than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.1% —
Higher than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas and a little above the state figure. The network is almost entirely based on buses, which account for 97.9% of the service.
821
Higher than 56% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.48
Lower than 56% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,617.9
Higher than 74% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
59
Higher than 55% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Watson is very accessible, with a typical drive time to the city of only 16 minutes. Walking distance to the nearest transport stop is among the lowest for its level.
0
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
16
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Watson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED144/watson/topic/transport