3.3% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Holsworthy - Wattle Grove · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Holsworthy - Wattle Grove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 38.2% of workers in Holsworthy - Wattle Grove now work from home, a figure far above the national average of 21%. This shift has happened alongside a strong reliance on cars and a sharp drop in people using public transport for their commute. The area's layout makes it one of the hardest places to reach the city by car, with drive times among the highest for similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, with 96.7% of homes owning at least one vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% for homes without a car, and the typical household owns two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Holsworthy - Wattle Grove, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 36 percentage points since 2011 to reach 38.2%. During the same period, the number of people commuting by public transport fell by 9.6 points to just 2.0%, which is a little below the Australian figure.
38.2% ▲ +1397.9%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -82.9%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
The area has 120 public transport stops, which is among the largest for its level, and more stops per person than most areas. However, weekly departures are far below the state figure, and 92.1% of these services are buses.
120
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.68
Higher than 69% 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).
716.7
Lower than 54% 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).
6
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,129
Higher than 64% 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).
21,129
Lower than 70% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel times to the city are among the highest at this level, with the drive taking 259 minutes.
259
Higher than 99% 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 Holsworthy - Wattle Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/127031524/holsworthy-wattle-grove/topic/transport