Winnellie · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Winnellie

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

More people can reach the city by transit from Winnellie than in about half of similar areas, though it remains a car-reliant hub. This is a place where public transport infrastructure is very strong, with 31 stops and 7 routes serving the area.

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📍 Winnellie, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Nearly half of homes have one vehicle, while 9.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This lack of a car is much higher than in most similar areas, though it is a little below the Northern Territory figure.

9.2% ▼ -21.5%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.7%
  • 2016: 13.4%
  • 2021: 9.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Winnellie, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (21%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Not a single person here commutes by public transport, and only 10.4% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Most people get to work by car or by walking.

10.4% ▲ +19.0%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.8%
  • 2016: 6.3%
  • 2021: 10.4%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Winnellie, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Walked is next at 17%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport access is among the highest at this level, with 157.36 stops per 1,000 people and 21,132 weekly departures. The area is served entirely by buses, with a transit time to the city that is much lower than most similar areas.

157.36

Higher 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).

21,132.0

Higher 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).

2,858

Lower than 53% 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).

23,870

Higher than 52% 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 to the nearest transport stop is very easy, with a walking time of just one minute, which is much lower than most similar areas.

1

Lower than 99% 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.

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 Winnellie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70290/winnellie/topic/transport