2.0% ▲ +67.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Atwell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Atwell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport options are among the largest for similar areas in Atwell. While most residents rely on cars, the suburb has a high number of bus stops and a short walk to the nearest transit point. This makes it easier to get around than in many nearby locations.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Atwell has a car, with 44.3% owning two vehicles. Only 2.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Atwell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 63.7% as the driver. Only 6.7% work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
6.7% ▲ +127.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 is well served by 37 public transport stops, all of which are buses. While weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most similar areas, this remains well below the state figure.
37
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.98
Higher than 73% 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).
1,062.6
Higher than 87% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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).
50,867
Higher than 65% 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).
52
Lower than 61% 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.
Getting to the city is relatively quick, with a typical drive time of 19 minutes. This is much lower than most areas, and residents enjoy a very short 1-minute walk to their nearest stop.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Atwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50036/atwell/topic/transport