0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Wellesley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wellesley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 91-minute drive to the city defines the isolation of Wellesley, where residents rely almost entirely on private cars. No one here works from home or uses public transport to get to their jobs, reflecting a very remote setting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 29%, ahead of 2 vehicles (29%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wellesley splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (50%) and 2 vehicles (50%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the only way people get to work, with 60% of the workforce using a car. This means the proportion of people working from home or using public transport is 0%, which is far below the national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 0.0, which is far below the Western Australian figure.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around on foot is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 87 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas of this size.
87
Higher 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.
91
Higher than 63% 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 Wellesley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51559/wellesley/topic/transport