1.8% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Toodyay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Toodyay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
An 87-minute drive to the city makes Toodyay a remote location where private cars are essential. Almost every household owns a vehicle, and very few people rely on public transport for their daily needs. This reliance on cars is clear in the way residents commute and move around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 38.3% owning two vehicles and 16.5% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Toodyay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 12.2% of residents, a figure well above the state average of 7.5%. This helps explain why so few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.9%.
12.2% ▲ +33.8%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 two stops and three routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure, and all available services are trains.
2
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.43
Lower than 95% 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).
7.4
Lower than 95% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 87 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
87
Higher than 86% 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)).
- 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 Toodyay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509021244/toodyay/topic/transport