1.3% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wandana Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wandana Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.3% of homes in Wandana Heights have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian average. This makes it an area where most people rely heavily on their own cars to get around. While many residents work from home, those who travel usually do so by car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with over half of homes owning two vehicles. About 12.6% of households have four or more, which helps explain why so few people live without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wandana Heights, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 24.6% of the workforce, which is well above the national figure. For those who leave the house, the vast majority drive, while only 0.9% use public transport.
24.6% ▲ +468.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -59.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 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.
The area is served by one bus route and two stops, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.91
Higher than 61% 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).
109.3
Higher than 70% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 13 minutes. For those travelling to the city, the drive time is 53 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
53
Lower than 60% 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 Wandana Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22669/wandana-heights/topic/transport