0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woodchester · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woodchester
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of Woodchester homes have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people get around. While the area has more transit stops than many similar places, almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 86.3% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for South Australia and the nation.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woodchester, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (31%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.3% of residents, while 13.1% work from home. This is well above the South Australian figure for working from home, though well below the national rate.
13.1% ▲ +75.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
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.
Woodchester has two bus stops and one route, which is more than 72% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
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.
7.91
Higher than 86% 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).
39.5
Higher than 62% 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.
It takes about 39 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most similar areas. The walk to the nearest public transport stop typically takes around 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
39
Lower than 68% 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 Woodchester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41636/woodchester/topic/transport