5.2% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Willaston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Willaston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short two-minute walk to the nearest stop makes moving around easy for many in Willaston, though cars remain the primary way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transit or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 35.5% owning two and 13% owning three. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Willaston splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 73.5% of people as the driver. Working from home is far below the national figure, and only 1.4% of people commute using public transport.
5.4% ▲ +94.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -60.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 19 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, these are all bus services, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.49
Higher than 79% 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).
336.9
Higher than 75% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes typically 34 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. Residents also benefit from a very short walk to their nearest stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
34
Lower than 71% 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 Willaston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41600/willaston/topic/transport