0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Portland West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Portland West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Portland West owns a car, making it more dependent on vehicles than most similar areas. With no public transport options available, residents rely almost entirely on private travel to get around. This is highlighted by the fact that 0% of people use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 85.6% of homes owning two or more vehicles. In contrast, not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Portland West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 4 or more (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.1% of workers as the driver. Only 9.7% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the typical Australian and Victorian experience.
9.7% ▲ +81.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is completely unavailable in this area. There are no routes, stops, or weekly departures, leaving it far below the state average for transit access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge, with a typical walking time of 71 minutes. This is much higher than in most similar areas.
71
Higher than 91% 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.
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).
More for Portland West
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Portland West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22112/portland-west/topic/transport