4.3% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wakefield · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Wakefield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 64% of workers in Wakefield drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in this region. Private vehicles are essential here, with very few homes lacking a car and almost no one using public transport to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 4.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple cars, with 35.7% owning two and 11.6% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wakefield splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is not used for commuting here, with 0.0% of workers using it, which is well below both the state and national figures. Instead, 11.5% of people work from home, a figure slightly above the South Australian average.
11.5% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport access is very limited, with only 1.47 stops per 1,000 people, far below the state average of 4.96. Services consist entirely of buses, but weekly departures are far below the state figure.
10
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.47
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
11.9
Lower than 68% of council (lga) 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).
7
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a significant trip for residents, with a typical drive time of 105 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
105
Higher than 75% of council (lga) 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 Wakefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48130/wakefield/topic/transport