19.0% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Watchem West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Watchem West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport options are available in Watchem West, making the area entirely reliant on private vehicles. The lack of any trains or buses means the typical resident depends on their own car to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 53%, ahead of 4 or more (20%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Watchem West, 3 vehicles is the majority at 73%; 4 or more is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 57.1% as the driver. While 19.0% of workers operate from home, this is well below the Victoria figure of 25.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 no public transport stops or routes in the area. This is far below the state average, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to 1,267.9 across Victoria.
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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Watchem West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22715/watchem-west/topic/transport