1.9% ▼ -55.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wilberforce · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wilberforce
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.9% of homes in Wilberforce have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This heavy reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, where the vast majority of households own multiple vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two or more cars, with 37.4% owning two and 21.2% owning four or more. This high level of car ownership is reflected in the fact that very few households get by without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wilberforce, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of the workforce (49.8%) drive themselves to work, and 24.8% work from home. This rate of working from home is well above the Australian figure, while very few people (0.4%) use public transport to commute.
24.8% ▲ +446.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -42.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Wilberforce has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar areas, though no one can reach other people within 45 minutes via transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
31
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.
10.48
Higher than 87% 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).
425.8
Higher than 77% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The drive time to the city is 47 minutes, which is lower than most areas. It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, a result that is around the middle for its level.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
47
Lower than 63% 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 Wilberforce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14305/wilberforce/topic/transport