Woodbridge · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Woodbridge

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A quick 18-minute drive to the city makes Woodbridge highly accessible. The area stands out for its strong public transport links, with 12.43 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 5.48.

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📍 Woodbridge, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the state average. Most households keep one or two cars, with 40.7% having one and 36% having two.

7.4% ▼ -36.4%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.6%
  • 2016: 9.8%
  • 2021: 7.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Woodbridge splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for work is among the highest for similar areas at 5.9%. This is a little above the national figure of 3.1%, while the 5.4% of people working from home is far below the Australian average of 21%.

5.4% ▲ +3.1%

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 5.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

5.9% ▼ -38.6%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.6%
  • 2016: 8.7%
  • 2021: 5.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In Woodbridge, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Train is next at 7%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Woodbridge has an impressive 15 public transport stops and 4 routes, placing it above about 85% of similar areas. These links allow 51,542 people to be reached within 30 minutes by transit, with the city just 43 minutes away.

12.43

Higher than 88% 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).

1,721.6

Higher than 90% 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).

51,542

Higher than 87% 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).

51,542

Higher than 65% 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).

43

Lower than 76% 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.

Getting around is easier than in most areas, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also much lower than most other areas at 18 minutes.

4

Lower than 71% 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.

18

Lower than 85% 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 Woodbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51637/woodbridge/topic/transport