5.0% ▼ -42.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Weston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Weston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Weston relies on a car to get around, with only 5% of homes having no motor vehicle. This high level of car dependency is reflected in the way people travel for work, as very few use public transport or work from home compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 34.8% have two. Only 5% of households are without a vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Weston splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 65.4% of people as the driver. Only 9.8% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
9.8% ▲ +493.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -39.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 has 26 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
26
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.
6.36
Higher than 83% 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).
479.5
Higher than 78% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes just 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, the drive time to the city is 99 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
99
Higher than 68% 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)).
- 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 Weston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14279/weston/topic/transport