1.4% ▼ -74.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wundowie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wundowie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people own cars in Wundowie than in most similar areas, with only 1.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is clear, as 68% of workers drive themselves to work. While public transport options are physically available, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, and most homes have at least two vehicles. Only 1.4% of households lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Wundowie splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (31%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, while only 0.7% of people use public transport. Working from home is much less common here than in most areas, at just 4.7%, which is far below the national figure.
4.7% ▲ +0.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -67.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Wundowie has 24 public transport stops and 4 routes, putting it among the highest for its size. However, the 301.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian average.
24
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.
17.49
Higher than 91% 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).
301.7
Higher than 75% 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 drive time to the city is 53 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop is 13 minutes.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
53
Lower than 60% 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 Wundowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51651/wundowie/topic/transport