1.8% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Toodyay · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Toodyay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Toodyay relies on a car for daily life, with only 1.8% of households owning no vehicle. This high dependency on driving is clear, as the typical commute to the city takes 87 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 38.3% owning two and 16.5% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Toodyay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, used by 58.5% of residents. Another 12.2% work from home, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is well above the Western Australian average.
12.2% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 is very limited, with only two stops and three routes available. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and all services are by train.
2
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.43
Lower than 79% 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).
7.4
Lower than 72% 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).
3
Lower than 62% 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 around is dominated by private travel, which is reflected in the long 87-minute drive time to the city, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
87
Higher than 65% 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 Toodyay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58330/toodyay/topic/transport