Windella · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Windella

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More people here work from home and have more cars than in most similar areas, making Windella a place where private travel is essential. Not a single home in the area lacks a motor vehicle, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily life.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 69.4% of homes owning three or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that no home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Windella, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 54.2% of residents, while 23.3% work from home. This working-from-home rate is a little above the Australian average, though no one in the area commutes by public transport.

23.3% ▲ +375.7%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 23.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Windella, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Worked at home is next at 29%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Bus services are the only public transport available, with two routes and two stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales average.

2.37

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).

158.6

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A typical trip to the city takes 112 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 12 minutes, which is around the middle for similar places.

12

Lower than 51% 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.

112

Higher than 76% 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 Windella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14335/windella/topic/transport