0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Willawong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Willawong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all workers in Willawong drive themselves to work. The area is heavily reliant on cars, as every single home in the community owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Willawong is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have one or two cars, though 23% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Willawong splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (31%) and 2 vehicles (29%), with 4 or more at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking to work is common here at 11.5%, while 15.4% of people work from home. Despite this, no one in the area uses public transport to get to their job, which is well below the national figure.
15.4% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has a high number of bus stops and frequent departures compared to the state average, yet these services do not help people reach other destinations within 45 minutes.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
41.38
Higher 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).
8,786.2
Higher 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
A trip to the city takes 19 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. The usual walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 12 minutes.
12
Lower than 51% 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 Willawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33077/willawong/topic/transport