9.7% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Withers · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Withers
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly one in ten homes in Withers has no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. While public transport stops are plentiful, very few people use them for work. Most residents rely on cars to get around this small suburb.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the Western Australian average of 5.0%. For those who do own cars, 44.6% have one vehicle and 31.8% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Withers, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 2.7%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Most residents drive to work, with 69.6% as the driver and 7.1% as a passenger.
2.7% ▲ +94.2%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
With 41 stops and 4 routes, the area has some of the highest public transport access at this level. This provides 13.76 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure of 5.48.
41
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.
13.76
Higher than 89% 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).
1,186.3
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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
The walk to the nearest stop is short, taking only 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 107 minutes, higher than most areas.
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.
107
Higher than 73% 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 Withers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51625/withers/topic/transport