2.5% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mundaring · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Mundaring
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 64% of working residents in Mundaring drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on cars. While the area has a high number of transport stops, the typical walk to reach one takes 62 minutes, which is much longer than in most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here get by without a car, with only 2.5% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mundaring, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 8.9% since 2011, though this remains far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Most people commute by car, while only 2.2% use public transport.
8.9% ▲ +77.9%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Mundaring has 10.62 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 5.48. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state level.
416
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.62
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
797.2
Higher than 77% of council (lga) 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).
17
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A 53-minute drive to the city is typical for this level of area. In contrast, the 62-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than in most other areas.
62
Higher than 87% of council (lga) 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.
53
Lower than 51% of council (lga) 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 Mundaring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56090/mundaring/topic/transport