2.6% ▲ +84.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Williams · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Williams
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A long drive of 112 minutes to the city makes cars essential for daily life in Williams. Most homes have multiple vehicles, which is a necessity as public transport is almost non-existent for commuters.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 72% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Williams, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the state and national figures. Instead, 55.3% drive themselves and 16.7% work from home, a rate well above the Western Australia average.
16.7% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
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: 0.7%
- 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.
Public transport is very limited, with only one stop and two bus routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.00
Higher than 61% 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).
23.1
Higher than 60% 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).
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 112 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
112
Higher than 76% 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 Williams [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51614/williams/topic/transport