Wellington Mill · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wellington Mill

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A total reliance on cars defines transport in Wellington Mill, where every single home has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, as no households in the area are without a car. The community is heavily car-dependent, with the typical trip to the city taking two hours.

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📍 Wellington Mill, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 42.6% owning two and 20.4% owning three. This high level of ownership means no households in the area are without a vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wellington Mill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Over half of workers drive themselves to work, though 12.3% work from home, which is well above the state figure. A small number of people use the bus, with 3.7% commuting by public transport.

12.3%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.3%
  • 2021: 12.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

3.7%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 3.7%

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.

How people get to work

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In Wellington Mill, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

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. This puts the community far below the Western Australian average for service access.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is dominated by private travel, as the drive time to the city is 120 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.

120

Higher than 81% 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 Wellington Mill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51561/wellington-mill/topic/transport