2.3% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woodvale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woodvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Woodvale, where only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. While the suburb has strong public transport infrastructure, most residents still rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have two vehicles, and 10.9% have four or more. The small number of households without a car is a little below the Western Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woodvale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 62.5% as the driver. Only 8.5% of residents work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
8.5% ▲ +182.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
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.
Woodvale has a high number of transport options, with 52 stops and 11 routes. This provides 1,640.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is among the highest for similar areas.
52
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.
5.43
Higher than 79% 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).
1,640.8
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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,579
Higher than 58% 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).
22,783
Higher than 51% 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).
60
Higher than 56% 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 to the city is relatively quick, with a drive time of only 20 minutes. Access to public transport is also convenient, as the walk to the nearest stop typically takes just 4 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Woodvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51641/woodvale/topic/transport