7.0% ▼ -48.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woodville West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woodville West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quick 12-minute drive to the city makes Woodville West a very accessible place to live. Most people rely on cars for their daily travel, though the area has a high number of public transport routes compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households own either one or two cars, with 40% having one and 37.7% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Woodville West splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 8.2%. While 65% of people drive to work, the 4.5% who use public transport is much higher than in most similar areas.
8.2% ▲ +309.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.5% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 12 public transport routes and 7 stops, which is among the largest number for areas of this size. Weekly departures per person are much higher than most areas, though this is still far below the South Australian figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.82
Higher than 65% 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).
659.6
Higher than 81% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,897
Higher than 57% 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).
87,603
Higher than 76% 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).
53
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes typically 12 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes, placing the area around the middle for its level.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Woodville West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41648/woodville-west/topic/transport