8.8% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
College Grove - Carey Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in College Grove - Carey Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 105-minute drive to the city makes College Grove - Carey Park quite remote from the state capital. While most people here rely on cars, about 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average of 5.0%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is one vehicle per home, at 42.5%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In College Grove - Carey Park, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, with only 2.2% doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. Public transport use for commuting is also low at 1.5%, falling slightly since 2011.
2.2% ▲ +40.1%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -45.9%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 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.
The area has 64 public transport stops and 15 routes, meaning it has more stops per person than the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
64
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.17
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
758.5
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
15
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
While the drive to the city is very long, some residents live within a 0-minute walk to their nearest transport stop, which is among the lowest walk times for this level.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
105
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 College Grove - Carey Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021008/college-grove-carey-park/topic/transport