20.0% ▲ +313.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Williamstown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Williamstown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Transport habits in Williamstown (WA) have remained steady as a car-dependent area where most people rely on private vehicles. While 20% of homes have no motor vehicle, the lack of public transport options means almost every worker relies on a car to get to their job.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
One in five homes here has no motor vehicle, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 5%. For those who do own cars, most households have two or three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Williamstown, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single worker in this area uses public transport or works from home. Instead, 68.3% drive themselves to work and another 16.7% travel as passengers in a car.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 routes, stops, or departures in the area. This puts Williamstown far below the Western Australian average of 5.48 stops per 1,000 people.
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.
Residents typically face a 15 minute walk to reach the nearest transport stop, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
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).
More for Williamstown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Williamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51615/williamstown/topic/transport