4.9% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Weston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Weston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quick 11-minute drive to the city makes Weston a highly accessible area for commuters. Most residents rely on cars, but the neighbourhood is exceptionally well-served by public transport options compared to other parts of the territory.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 4.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure. Most households own one or two vehicles, with 40.2% having one and 39.8% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Weston splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The 4.3% of people who commute by public transport is much higher than in most similar areas. While 12.3% work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
12.3% ▲ +214.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 access is excellent, with 8.5 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the ACT average. There are 34 stops and 8 routes, and weekly departures are far above the territory figure.
34
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.
8.50
Higher than 86% 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).
3,371.5
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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,361
Higher than 63% 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).
47,193
Higher than 63% 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 around is very efficient, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop. This helps explain why the transit time to the city 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Weston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80133/weston/topic/transport