1.0% ▼ -62.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Willow Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Willow Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Willow Vale have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people get around. This is a car-dependent area where almost no one uses public transport to commute to work. While there are a few bus routes available, the vast majority of residents rely on their own transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 48.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 13.6% owning four or more. Only 1.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 9.2% seen across New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Willow Vale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice for 60.8% of workers, while 16.0% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well below the national figure of 21.0%, and no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
16.0% ▲ +234.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
The area has two public transport routes and stops, which is more than 72% of similar areas. However, the 140.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
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.
2.42
Higher than 67% 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).
140.4
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.
It takes about 68 minutes to drive to the city. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 6 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
68
Lower than 51% 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 Willow Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14324/willow-vale/topic/transport