12.9% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wedgefield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wedgefield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A stark contrast in travel options defines Wedgefield, where 12.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, one of the highest rates for an area of this type. While many residents rely on cars, a significant number must find other ways to get around. This is reflected in the 20.6% of workers who walk to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Many households here have multiple cars, with 29% owning four or more. However, the 12.9% of homes without any vehicle is well above the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wedgefield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, but 20.6% of people walk. Very few people work from home at 7.9%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%, and no one uses public transport to commute.
7.9% ▲ +93.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
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: 10.1%
- 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.
Wedgefield has 15.75 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian average. Despite having more stops than most similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
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.
15.75
Higher than 90% 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).
574.8
Higher than 80% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transport stop takes about 11 minutes on foot, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
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 Wedgefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51555/wedgefield/topic/transport