9.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waterview · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Waterview
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car travel remains the dominant way to get around Waterview, where 57.9% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. While the area has a high number of transport stops for its size, almost no one uses public transport for their daily commute. This creates a sharp contrast between the available infrastructure and how people actually travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.6% of homes in Waterview have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Over half of all households keep just one car, while 23.1% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Waterview, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person uses public transport to get to work here, which is well below the national figure. Only 10.5% of workers operate from home, a rate far below both the state and national averages.
10.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Waterview has 11.11 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. However, the 166.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.11
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).
166.7
Higher than 72% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is easier here than in most areas, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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 Waterview
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Waterview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14203/waterview/topic/transport