17.8% —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Perth · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in East Perth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in East Perth live without a car than in other parts of the state, with 17.8% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This lack of car reliance is supported by a huge number of public transport departures and a very short trip to the city centre.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 18% of households have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 5% seen across Western Australia. Most homes that do have a car only own one, accounting for 59.1% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Perth, 1 vehicle is the majority at 59%; 2 vehicles is next at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is a major choice for getting to work, used by 23.5% of residents, which is far above the national figure of 3.1%. Conversely, only 8.2% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
8.2% —
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
23.5% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 is exceptionally well connected, with 318,793 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, and there are 34 different public transport routes serving the area.
51
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.32
Higher than 50% 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).
6,551.3
Higher than 91% 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).
34
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
39,733
Higher than 82% 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).
318,793
Higher than 88% 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).
14
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of only 3 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
3
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 East Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/503021295/east-perth/topic/transport