2.8% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Westdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Westdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Two-thirds of workers in Westdale drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars in this area. While most homes have at least one vehicle, very few people use public transport or work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 44.5% having two vehicles and 15% having three. Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Westdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, while 7% of people work from home, a figure far below the state and national averages. Notably, no one in Westdale commutes using public transport.
7.0% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport available here. However, with only 0.67 stops per 1,000 people, access is far below the New South Wales average.
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.
0.67
Higher than 60% 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).
33.1
Higher than 61% 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 a transit point can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 39 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.
39
Higher than 73% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Westdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14276/westdale/topic/transport