6.7% ▼ -29.6%
Higher than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swan · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Swan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 61% of workers in Swan drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households rely on vehicles, the area has a very high level of public transport services compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and the number of households without any motor vehicle has fallen to 6.7%. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Swan splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 7.8%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, only 6.9% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
6.9% —
Lower than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.8% —
Higher than 95% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.8%
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.
Swan has an extensive network with 1,335 public transport stops and 73 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the state figure, though almost all services are buses.
1,335
Higher than 97% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.03
Higher than 93% 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).
2,960.3
Higher than 97% 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).
73
Higher than 72% 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 just 11 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 9 minutes, which is higher than in most other places.
9
Higher than 58% of federal electorate 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 92% 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 Swan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED514/swan/topic/transport