5.2% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Toodyay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Toodyay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Toodyay compared to the national figure, with only 9.8% doing so. Most residents rely on private cars to get around, reflecting the town's distance from major urban centres. While public transport options exist, they are very limited in frequency and reach.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 12.2% of households own four or more vehicles. Around 5.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Toodyay splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 4 or more at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The majority of workers drive, with 61% as the sole driver. Only 2.2% use public transport to get to work, which is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the Western Australian figure.
9.8% ▲ +77.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Public transport is limited to trains, with only two stops and three routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, though they remain higher than most similar areas.
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.
1.47
Higher than 63% 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).
25.0
Higher than 60% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 62 minutes to drive to the city. Access is difficult for some, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 72 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
72
Higher than 92% 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.
62
Lower than 55% 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 Toodyay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51458/toodyay/topic/transport