1.5% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Winthrop · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Winthrop
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.5% of households in Winthrop have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This highlights a strong reliance on cars for getting around, although the area is better served by public transport than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles, and almost 30% have three or more. This explains why the number of car-free homes is much lower than in the rest of Western Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Winthrop, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 59.7% as the driver. While 11.3% work from home—well above the state figure—this is still well below the national average.
11.3% ▲ +120.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
Winthrop is among the best-served areas for public transport, with 35 stops and 9 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, though all transit is by bus.
35
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.81
Higher than 81% 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).
2,149.0
Higher than 92% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
33,985
Higher than 86% 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).
100,306
Higher than 79% 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).
46
Lower than 71% 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.
The area is very convenient for commuters, with a typical 14-minute drive to the city. Residents also live very close to transit, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Winthrop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51623/winthrop/topic/transport