5.1% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Winston Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Winston Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of working residents now work from home in Winston Hills, a figure far above the national average. While public transport options are plentiful for the area, most people still rely on cars or home offices to manage their daily routines.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 44% owning two vehicles. Only 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Winston Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here, with 45.1% of people doing so, far above the 21% national figure. Only 1.5% of the workforce commutes via public transport, which is a little below the state and national averages.
45.1% ▲ +1275.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -82.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 is well served by 79 public transport stops, all of which are buses, and has 1,717.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This is well above the New South Wales figure, though the 74-minute trip to the city is much higher than in most areas.
79
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.52
Higher than 84% 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).
1,717.5
Higher than 90% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,199
Higher than 61% 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).
54,352
Higher than 66% 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).
74
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A short 5-minute walk connects residents to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. For those driving, the 25-minute trip to the city is much lower than in most similar places.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Winston Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14353/winston-hills/topic/transport