17.6% ▼ -28.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Villawood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Villawood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Villawood than in most similar areas, with 17.6% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. The area is very well served by public transport, though it takes longer than usual to reach the city by transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 18% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own a car, the most common arrangement is having a single vehicle, seen in 38% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Villawood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive to work, while 20.6% work from home. This working-from-home rate is higher than most areas, though it sits far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
20.6% ▲ +1062.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -73.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 a major feature here, with 11.91 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. The area has 84 stops and 7 routes, providing more frequent weekly departures than most similar places.
84
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.91
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,278.0
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
49,835
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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).
223,082
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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).
66
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality 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 by car is quicker than for most areas, taking about 25 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
5
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality 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
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality 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 Villawood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14092/villawood/topic/transport