4.2% ▲ +129.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waterfall · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Waterfall
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Waterfall than in the typical Australian suburb. While car travel remains the primary way to get around, the area has a surprisingly high rate of public transport use compared to the state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 40.7% owning two and 15% owning four or more. Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Waterfall, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 45.3% of residents, but 27.2% work from home, which is well above the Australian average. Another 6.4% use public transport, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas.
27.2% ▲ +1086.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.4% ▼ -53.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
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.
The area relies entirely on trains for public transport, with two routes and two stops serving the community. This results in weekly departures per 1,000 people that are much higher than most areas and about the same as the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.83
Higher than 73% 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).
1,289.3
Higher than 88% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
6,673
Higher than 53% 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).
6,673
Lower than 63% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 45 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 54 minutes, which is much higher than most other places.
54
Higher than 82% 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.
45
Lower than 65% 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 Waterfall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14200/waterfall/topic/transport