0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wellington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wellington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single home in Wellington has a motor vehicle, a rate well above the South Australian and national figures. This heavy reliance on cars defines how people get around the area. While public transport infrastructure exists, very few residents actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than half of all households own two vehicles, and 8.8% have four or more. In a striking contrast to the state and national figures, not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wellington, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 30%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 50.6% of people acting as the driver. While 13.3% of residents work from home—a figure well above the South Australian average—no one in the area commutes using public transport.
13.3% ▲ —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
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.
Wellington has more stops per 1,000 people than most similar areas, but the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure. All available public transport is provided by bus.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.87
Higher than 88% 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).
54.3
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes about 64 minutes by car. However, accessing public transport is difficult for many, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 58 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
58
Higher than 84% 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.
64
Lower than 53% 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)).
- 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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41561/wellington/topic/transport