21.2% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Windale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Windale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of working residents in Windale drive themselves to work. The area has a high number of public transport stops compared to other similar places, though over 21% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 21.2% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. Nearly half of all households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Windale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (22%) and No vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 6.9% of people doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people commute by car, while 2.3% use public transport.
6.9% ▲ +1590.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -61.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Windale has a very high number of public transport stops, with 29 stops and 5 routes. This means there are 8.48 stops per 1,000 people, far above the state average of 5.27.
29
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.
8.48
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).
1,155.2
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).
5
Higher than 86% 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.
Residents can walk to their nearest stop in no time, which is among the lowest wait times for this level. However, it takes 98 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than for most areas.
0
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.
98
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 Windale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14333/windale/topic/transport