6.8% —
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Waterford · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Waterford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Waterford compared to the rest of the country, with only 9.6% doing so. Most residents rely on cars to get around, while public transport options are less common than in many other similar areas. This creates a transport landscape where private vehicles are the primary way to move.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7% of homes in Waterford have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setups are one or two vehicles, with about 37% of households in each group.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Waterford splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The typical commute is by car, with 66.2% of workers driving. Only 2.5% use public transport, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages. The number of people working from home is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
9.6% —
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% —
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
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.
There are 217 public transport stops, and while there are 36 different routes, the number of stops per 1,000 people is lower than in most areas. Buses are the dominant service, making up 96.3% of the public transport mode.
217
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.56
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
732.4
Lower than 61% of state electorate 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).
36
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Waterford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30091/waterford/topic/transport