1.5% ▲ +12.9%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Winthrop · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Winthrop
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home more than double since 2011 to reach 11.3% of residents in Winthrop. While this trend is growing, car travel remains the dominant way to get around, with only 1.5% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with 48.4% having two vehicles and 19.4% having three. The proportion of households without a vehicle is among the lowest for similar areas and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Winthrop, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 60% of workers drive to their jobs, and 11.3% work from home, which is well above the state figure but well below the national average. Public transport use for commuting is slightly below the state average at 3.5%.
11.3% ▲ +120.9%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
Bus services are strong here, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being much higher than most areas. The suburb has 9 routes and 34 stops, allowing more people to be reachable within 45 minutes by transit than in about 72% of similar areas.
34
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.65
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).
2,073.6
Higher than 85% 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).
9
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
33,985
Higher than 78% 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).
100,306
Higher than 72% 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).
46
Lower than 73% 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.
Getting to the city is fast, with a drive time of 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
14
Lower than 77% 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 Winthrop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507041184/winthrop/topic/transport