Woodcroft · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Woodcroft

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

More people work from home in Woodcroft than in most similar areas, with 35.2% of the workforce doing so. While the suburb has high car ownership, it is also very well connected, with a short 3-minute walk to the nearest transport stop.

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📍 Woodcroft, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are very common here, with 43.2% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 3.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

3.5% ▲ +2.0%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Woodcroft, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, at 35.2%. Driving is the most typical way to get to work, though the 3.7% who use public transport is a little above the state average.

35.2% ▲ +1913.3%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 35.2%

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

3.7% ▼ -79.6%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.3%
  • 2016: 18.9%
  • 2021: 3.7%

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 Woodcroft, the largest group is Car (driver) at 49%, followed by Worked at home (42%) and Car (passenger) (4%).

Public transport access

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

Woodcroft has 18 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than about 87% of similar areas. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.

2.73

Higher than 68% 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).

917.8

Higher than 86% 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).

23,384

Higher than 77% 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).

52,342

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is convenient, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 34 minutes, which is lower than most areas.

3

Lower than 79% 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.

34

Lower than 71% 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 Woodcroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14399/woodcroft/topic/transport