8.3% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Lawley - Inglewood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Lawley - Inglewood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Mount Lawley - Inglewood than in other parts of the state. This area is highly connected, with 12.1% of workers using transit and a very short 5-minute drive to the city. While most homes still have cars, it is much more common here for a household to have no vehicle compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. Most households rely on one or two cars, though the share of car-free homes has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Lawley - Inglewood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for similar areas, sitting at 12.1% and well above the national figure. Working from home has risen to 10.6% since 2011, though this remains far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
10.6% ▲ +168.7%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
12.1% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
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.
Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state average, and the area has 19 different routes. This high level of service helps 99,480 people remain reachable within a 45-minute transit trip, with buses making up 94.4% of the local network.
68
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.02
Lower than 55% 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).
3,245.4
Higher than 87% 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).
19
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
28,348
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
99,480
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
31
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel times are very short here, with a typical 5-minute drive to the city. The average walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 57% 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.
5
Lower than 99% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Mount Lawley - Inglewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/503021039/mount-lawley-inglewood/topic/transport