3.2% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Winston Hills · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Winston Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of working residents in Winston Hills work from home, making it one of the highest areas for remote work at this level. This shift is part of a massive trend, with the figure rising 42 percentage points since 2011. Most households here rely heavily on cars, and very few live without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Car ownership is high, with 45.8% of households owning two vehicles and 13.6% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Winston Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 45%, far above the national figure of 21%. Meanwhile, those using public transport to commute fell from 8.6% in 2011 to just 1.4% in 2021.
45.0% ▲ +1267.0%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -83.3%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Winston Hills has 73 public transport stops, which is more than about 76% of similar areas. Despite having a higher number of stops and departures per person than the state average, the transit time to the city is much higher than most areas.
73
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.52
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,490.8
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
10
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,199
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
77,205
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
73
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is around the middle for its level at 25 minutes. However, it takes longer for residents here to walk to the nearest stop than in most other areas, with a typical walk of 8 minutes.
8
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
25
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Winston Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/125041494/winston-hills/topic/transport