2.2% ▼ -28.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Willetton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Willetton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Short trips to the city and a very high number of bus services make daily travel convenient for those in Willetton. Most homes have multiple cars, but the area is well-connected with 90 public transport stops and 22 different routes serving the community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 46.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.9% owning three. Only 2.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Willetton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 62.8% of people as the driver. Working from home is rare here at 7.8%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
7.8% ▲ +174.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
The area has great transit availability, with 2,615.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the state figure. It is served by a large network of 90 bus stops, meaning over 66,000 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
90
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.67
Higher than 76% 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).
2,615.9
Higher than 95% 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).
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
27,292
Higher than 80% 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).
66,685
Higher than 71% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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.
Daily travel is efficient, with a typical 15-minute drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also quick, taking only 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Willetton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51612/willetton/topic/transport