5.5% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Westmeadows · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Westmeadows
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher transit access than most similar areas defines Westmeadows, where 37 public transport stops serve the community. While the area is very well connected, the typical trip to the city by public transport takes a long 72 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.9% owning two vehicles. Only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Westmeadows, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 59% of residents. Working from home is common at 19.9%, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
19.9% ▲ +1195.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -41.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 options are strong, with 5.69 stops per 1,000 people and 9 different routes. This is well above the Victorian figure of 4.41 stops, and weekly departures are among the highest for areas of this size.
37
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.69
Higher than 80% 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).
1,928.2
Higher than 91% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
24,600
Higher than 78% 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).
38,459
Higher than 60% 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).
72
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is fast, taking only 19 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also very quick, taking just one minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Westmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22761/westmeadows/topic/transport