0.8% ▲ +78.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waterways · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Waterways
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Less than 1% of homes in Waterways lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households are heavily reliant on cars, with nearly half owning two vehicles and another quarter owning three.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The area is very car-dependent, as 73.7% of homes have two or more vehicles. Only 0.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victoria figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Waterways, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 30.1% of people doing so—a figure well above the national average of 21.0%. While 51.4% of workers drive, only 1.6% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
30.1% ▲ +733.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -74.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport available. While there are 5 stops and 4 routes—more than most similar areas—the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Victoria figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.06
Higher than 66% 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).
603.2
Higher than 80% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,853
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
21,505
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical drive to the city takes 30 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 9 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
30
Lower than 74% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Waterways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22720/waterways/topic/transport