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.
Western Flat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Western Flat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 47% of working residents in Western Flat work from home, a figure far above the national average. This reliance on home-based work and private cars defines the local transport landscape, where public transit is entirely absent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single household in Western Flat has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most homes are well-equipped, with 41.5% owning three vehicles and 17.1% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Western Flat, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 46.9%, far above the 21% national figure. Other workers rely almost entirely on cars, as 45.3% drive to work and no one uses public transport to commute.
46.9% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 46.9%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, leaving it far below the South Australian average for transit access. This means there are zero weekly departures for the local population.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
More for Western Flat
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Western Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41574/western-flat/topic/transport