3.5% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Forrest · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Forrest
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 65% of workers in Forrest drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars in this area. Private vehicles are essential here, with only 3.5% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is much lower than most areas and reflects the region's distance from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 40.8% having two vehicles and 14.9% owning three. The share of homes without any vehicle has fallen to 3.5%, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Forrest, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.5%. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 4.7%. Working from home is also rare here; at 7%, it is far below the national figure of 21%.
7.0% —
Lower than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% —
Lower than 67% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
While there are 5.25 stops per 1,000 people, weekly departures are much lower than most areas. The 373.1 departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 1,623.0, with buses making up 99.9% of the service.
829
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.25
Higher than 69% 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).
373.1
Lower than 81% 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).
22
Lower than 90% 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.
Getting to the city is a significant journey from here. The typical drive time is 178 minutes, which is among the highest for areas at this level.
178
Higher than 99% 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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED507/forrest/topic/transport