9.5% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Subiaco · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Subiaco
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Subiaco than in the rest of the state. This area is well connected, with a very short 6-minute drive to the city and high levels of transit use. While car travel remains common, a significant number of homes here do not own a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. However, this is down 3.7 percentage points since 2011. Most households have one vehicle (50.7%) or two (30.8%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Subiaco, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 13.4%, which is among the highest for its level and far above the Australian figure of 3.1%. Working from home rose to 12.2% since 2011, though this remains well below the national figure of 21.0%.
12.2% ▲ +148.6%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
13.4% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
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.
Subiaco has high transit access with 1,752.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. There are 82 public transport stops and 14 routes serving the area, with buses making up 86.2% of the service.
82
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.75
Higher than 69% 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).
1,752.6
Higher than 89% 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).
14
Higher than 62% 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 around is easy, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is only 6 minutes, among the lowest for similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
6
Lower than 98% 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 Subiaco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57980/subiaco/topic/transport