1.2% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Serpentine-Jarrahdale · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Serpentine-Jarrahdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.2% of homes in Serpentine-Jarrahdale have no motor vehicle, making it one of the areas where cars are most essential. This heavy reliance on driving is a central part of daily life here, with the vast majority of households owning multiple vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 77% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that the proportion of homes without a car is well below the state figure of 5% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Serpentine-Jarrahdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 65.3% as the driver. Working from home is far below the national figure of 21%, with only 7.4% of residents doing so, and public transport use for commuting remains low at 2.1%.
7.4% ▲ +28.4%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
The area has 179 public transport stops and 11 routes, which is more than many similar areas. However, the 806 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.
179
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.56
Higher than 78% 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).
806.0
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).
11
Higher than 58% 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.
Getting to the city takes about 40 minutes by car. Access to transit is limited for some, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is 35 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
35
Higher than 66% 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.
40
Lower than 56% 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 Serpentine-Jarrahdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57700/serpentine-jarrahdale/topic/transport