3.5% ▲ +42.3%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wellard (West) - Bertram · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Wellard (West) - Bertram
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all households in Wellard (West) - Bertram have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. While car travel is the norm, the area sees a much higher share of people using public transport to get to work compared to the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 3.5% having none. This is well below the 7.4% national figure, though the number has risen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wellard (West) - Bertram, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 8.2% of workers use public transport, which is well above the 3.1% national figure. In contrast, only 4.7% of people work from home, a rate far below the 21.0% seen across Australia.
4.7% ▲ +170.0%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.2% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 68 public transport stops, though the 72-minute trip to the city is much higher than most areas. With 5 routes available, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure.
68
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.79
Lower than 58% 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).
851.1
Higher than 52% 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).
5
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,953
Higher than 57% 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).
17,953
Lower than 74% 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).
72
Higher than 74% 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.
A typical drive to the city takes 25 minutes. However, the 7-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most similar areas.
7
Higher than 61% 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 Wellard (West) - Bertram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507031169/wellard-bertram/topic/transport