Woodridge · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Woodridge

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

More than half of the people in Woodridge drive themselves to work. This is a highly car-dependent area where not a single home is without a motor vehicle, making it far below the national figure for car-less households.

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📍 Woodridge, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Woodridge has at least one vehicle, with 38% owning two and another 18.5% owning four or more. This is well below the state and national figures for homes without a car.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Woodridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 58.9% of residents. Only 7.7% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure, while 3.2% use public transport.

7.7% ▲ +60.9%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 7.7%

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

3.2% ▲ +1.6%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 3.2%

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 Woodridge, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves Woodridge far below the Western Australian average for transit access and departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 52 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.

52

Lower than 61% 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 Woodridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51640/woodridge/topic/transport