Woodville · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Woodville

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

Over 61% of workers in Woodville rely on driving themselves to get to work. This is a highly car-dependent area where nearly 90% of homes own at least two motor vehicles. While the area has a fair number of bus stops, very few people actually use public transport for their daily commute.

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📍 Woodville, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 33.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 27% owning four or more. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

2.7% ▲ —

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Woodville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (25%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in Woodville uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%. About 18.4% of people work from home, though this is far below the New South Wales average of 31%.

18.4% ▲ +173.9%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.7%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 18.4%

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 Woodville, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 4 public transport stops and one route, all of which are buses. While there are 9.09 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state figure—the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.

9.09

Higher than 87% 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).

90.9

Higher than 67% 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.

It takes much longer to drive to the city from Woodville than most areas, with a typical trip taking 113 minutes. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 14 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.

14

Higher 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.

113

Higher than 77% 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 Woodville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14416/woodville/topic/transport