Woodford · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Woodford

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero homes in Woodford lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This total reliance on cars defines the area, as there are no public transport routes or stops available for residents.

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📍 Woodford, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households here own multiple cars, with nearly half having two vehicles and 14.3% owning four or more. This means every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Woodford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 59.4% of residents. While 18.8% work from home, this is a little below the national figure of 21%.

18.8% ▲ +264.6%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 18.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Woodford, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is far below the Victorian average, with no routes, stops, or departures serving the area. This lack of access is higher than most similar areas.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 75 minutes, which is among the highest times for this level of area.

75

Higher than 94% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Woodford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22836/woodford/topic/transport