Windermere Park · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Windermere Park

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

Far more public transport stops than most similar areas make Windermere Park stand out, although very few people actually use them. The area is heavily reliant on cars, with the typical household owning at least one vehicle and most workers driving themselves to their jobs.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in Windermere Park has a motor vehicle, with 36% owning two and 15% owning three. Only 3.2% of households are without a vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales average.

3.2% ▼ -30.7%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.7%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 3.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Windermere Park splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.6% of residents. Only 10% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

10.0% ▲ +191.8%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 10.0%

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

1.1% ▼ -52.4%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 1.1%

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 Windermere Park, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

There are 6.93 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. However, this high number of stops does not translate to frequent service, as weekly departures are far below the New South Wales figure.

6.93

Higher than 85% 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).

288.1

Higher than 74% 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.

Getting to the nearest stop is very quick, with a walking time of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive to the city typically takes 78 minutes.

1

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.

78

Higher than 55% 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 Windermere Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14339/windermere-park/topic/transport