45.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Washpool · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Washpool
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all workers in Washpool work from home, a figure far above the national average of 21%. This makes the area heavily reliant on private transport and remote work, with no public transport available for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 31%, ahead of 2 vehicles (23%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Washpool, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (30%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost 45% of people work from home, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 31%. The rest mainly drive, while public transport use is well below the Australian average at 0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in Washpool. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is a significant challenge here, with a 47-minute walk, which is much higher than most similar areas.
47
Higher than 78% 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.
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).
More for Washpool
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Washpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14197/washpool/topic/transport