2.5% ▲ +79.0%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Williams · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Williams
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Williams owns a car, making it much more vehicle-dependent than most similar areas. With very few public transport options and a long drive to the city, residents rely heavily on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple cars, with 36.9% having two and another 23.7% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Williams, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the Western Australian average. Instead, 56.4% drive as the main driver, while 17.1% work from home, which is well above the state average.
17.1% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
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: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 is very limited, with only one stop and two routes available. The number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state average, and all available services are buses.
1
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.98
Lower than 71% 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).
22.5
Lower than 60% 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).
2
Lower than 67% 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 into the city is a significant trip, with a typical drive time of 111 minutes. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
111
Higher than 79% 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 Williams [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59170/williams/topic/transport