0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wattleup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wattleup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 60% of workers in Wattleup drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on cars. This is a place where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle, far below the national figure where about 7% of homes have none.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 33.5% of homes having two vehicles and 22.8% owning four or more. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 5%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wattleup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. While 11.2% of people work from home—well above the state average—the vast majority of residents rely on cars to get to work.
11.2% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with two stops. Although the number of stops and departures per 1,000 people is much higher than in most similar areas, the actual reach is low, with only 10,128 people reachable within 45 minutes.
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.
4.51
Higher than 75% 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).
1,241.5
Higher than 88% 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).
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).
10,128
Lower than 59% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, getting to the nearest transport stop is difficult, with a 31-minute walk that is higher than most areas.
31
Higher than 67% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Wattleup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51550/wattleup/topic/transport