1.8% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woodrising · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woodrising
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained very high in Woodrising, where only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the state and national figures, reflecting an area where almost every household relies on a private car to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in the area have two vehicles (45.1%), and about 26% of households have three or more. Only 1.8% of homes have no vehicle at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woodrising, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 60.8% being the driver. Working from home is less common here at 15.1%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
15.1% ▲ +544.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -54.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
There are 4 public transport stops and 3 routes in the area, all for buses. While there are 710 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is far below the state figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.40
Higher than 71% 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).
710.0
Higher than 82% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for similar areas. The drive time to the city is 91 minutes, higher than most areas.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
91
Higher than 63% 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 Woodrising [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14409/woodrising/topic/transport