1.5% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Westleigh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Westleigh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of Westleigh's workers, at 51.8%, work from home. This is far above the national figure and represents one of the highest rates for its area. While car use remains common, the suburb is notably less reliant on vehicles than the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here lack a car, with only 1.5% having none, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped, and 48.4% of homes have two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Westleigh, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice for 51.8% of residents, which is far above the national rate of 21.0%. Only 1.7% of people commute using public transport, a figure that is a little below the Australian average.
51.8% ▲ +802.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -84.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Westleigh has 32 public transport stops and 7.11 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. However, all services are buses, and the 77-minute trip to the city is much higher than in most areas.
32
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.11
Higher than 86% 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).
1,214.6
Higher than 87% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
52,772
Higher than 66% 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).
77
Higher than 84% 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 nearest stop is very quick, with a walk time of only 1 minute. Additionally, the 25-minute drive to the city is much lower than for most similar areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Westleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14277/westleigh/topic/transport