9.6% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Willagee · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Willagee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Willagee live without a car than in most other areas, with 9.6% of households owning no motor vehicle. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. While most residents still rely on cars, the area has a high number of transport stops and a very short walk to the nearest one.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 38.9% of homes have two vehicles, and 36.9% have one. The proportion of homes with no vehicle is a little above the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Willagee splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive to work, but 3.1% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Very few people work from home at 7.2%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
7.2% ▲ +135.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Willagee has 31 public transport stops, which is among the largest for its level, and 2 routes. While there are many stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
31
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.69
Higher than 80% 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).
1,164.5
Higher than 87% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
5,452
Higher than 51% 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).
72,261
Higher than 73% 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).
58
Higher than 51% 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.
It takes only 3 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also much lower than most areas at 14 minutes.
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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Willagee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51610/willagee/topic/transport