4.2% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wanniassa · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Wanniassa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most households in Wanniassa rely on cars, with 63.6% of workers driving to their jobs. While car use is dominant, the area is well served by public transport, featuring some of the highest numbers of stops per person in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here are without a car, a figure that fell to 4.2% since 2011. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and slightly lower than the Territory average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wanniassa, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 10.4% since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is 4.0%, which is about the same as the national and state figures.
10.4% ▲ +333.1%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Wanniassa has a high level of transit access, with 9 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Territory's 5.7. Weekly departures are also far above the Territory average, though all services are provided by buses.
71
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.00
Higher than 87% 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).
2,402.7
Higher than 86% 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).
11
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,885
Lower than 80% 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).
51,090
Higher than 55% 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).
55
Lower than 56% 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 relatively quick with a 16-minute drive time. Residents also have very easy access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking only one minute.
1
Lower than 93% 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.
16
Lower than 71% 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 Wanniassa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801071090/wanniassa/topic/transport