6.4% ▼ -58.9%
Higher than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Werriwa · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Werriwa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift towards remote work is reshaping daily travel in Werriwa, where 27.9% of people now work from home. While car travel remains the primary way to get around, the area has seen a sharp decline in both public transport use and the number of homes without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 38% have two. Only 6.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 9.1 percentage points since 2011 and is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Werriwa, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose by 25 percentage points since 2016 to reach 27.9%, which is well above the Australian figure. In contrast, those using public transport to get to work fell to 2.6%, which is about the same as the national rate.
27.9% —
Higher than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% —
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
Buses are the dominant service here, making up 97.2% of public transport modes. The area has 934 stops, which is more than about 75% of similar areas, though weekly departures per 1,000 people are about the same as the state figure.
934
Higher than 75% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.69
Higher than 50% 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).
1,212.7
Higher than 55% 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).
41
Lower than 71% 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.
It takes about 33 minutes to drive to the city. Access to transport is convenient for many, as the walk to the nearest stop is just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 93% 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.
33
Higher than 58% 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 Werriwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED146/werriwa/topic/transport