4.2% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waikiki · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Waikiki
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap exists between Waikiki and the rest of the country regarding remote work, with only 4.7% of residents working from home. Most people here rely on cars for their daily travel, though the area has a very high number of public transport stops compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 40.8% of homes in Waikiki have two motor vehicles. Only 4.2% of households have no vehicle, which is a lower figure than the national average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Waikiki, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive to work, and only 4.7% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is 4.2%, which is slightly above the national average.
4.7% ▲ +156.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Waikiki has 41 public transport stops, putting it among the largest for this measure, though all routes are bus-based. While there are many stops, the 71-minute transit time to the city is much higher than in most areas.
41
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.
3.29
Higher than 71% 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).
997.7
Higher than 86% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,539
Higher than 63% 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).
31,783
Higher than 57% 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).
71
Higher than 76% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 37 minutes, a figure that is lower than most other areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Waikiki [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51502/waikiki/topic/transport