5.6% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woodlands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woodlands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 9-minute drive to the city makes Woodlands a very accessible place to live. While most homes rely on cars, the area has an impressive number of public transport options compared to similar suburbs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own at least one car, with 40.1% having two. However, the 5.6% of homes without a vehicle is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woodlands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.9% of people. Those working from home make up 11.6% of the workforce, which is well above the Western Australian figure but well below the national average.
11.6% ▲ +115.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 primarily bus-based, with 18 stops and 11 routes making it one of the best-served areas of its kind. This helps explain why 93,626 people are reachable within 45 minutes by transit, which is more than in about 78% of similar areas.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.96
Higher than 73% 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).
1,826.6
Higher than 91% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
93,626
Higher than 77% 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).
52
Lower than 61% 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.
Residents enjoy very quick access to transport, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes to the nearest stop, which is much lower than in most other areas.
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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Woodlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51638/woodlands/topic/transport