3.9% ▼ -28.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waterford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Waterford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 5-minute walk to the nearest stop makes travel easier for many in Waterford. Most households here rely on cars, and the area is quite accessible, with a 25-minute drive to the city being much lower than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 40.5% of homes have two vehicles, and only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This lack of a car is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Waterford splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 69.1% being the driver. Only 10.3% work from home, which is far below the national figure and lower than most other areas.
10.3% ▲ +325.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -67.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 is based entirely on buses, with four stops and one route serving the area. While the number of stops is higher than most similar areas, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.69
Higher than 60% 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).
52.4
Higher than 63% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting around is relatively efficient, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is just 5 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Waterford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33004/waterford/topic/transport