3.8% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Canning · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Canning
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 62% of workers in Canning drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in this area. Very few homes get by without a vehicle, and most residents face a long trip to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own at least one car, with 38.1% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Canning splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at 7.0%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Just 3.0% of people use public transport for their commute, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
7.0% —
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% —
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Canning has 5.6 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure.
896
Higher than 70% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.60
Higher than 78% of federal 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).
956.0
Lower than 56% of federal 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).
33
Lower than 83% of federal electorate 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 74 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
74
Higher than 86% of federal electorate 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 Canning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED503/canning/topic/transport