14.7% —
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Perth (North) - Highgate · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Perth (North) - Highgate
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift away from car reliance is evident in Highgate, where 14.7% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. The area is highly connected, with a very short 3-minute drive and a quick 16-minute transit trip to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Far more homes here live without a car compared to the rest of Western Australia. While 55.8% of households have one vehicle, the 14.7% with no car is among the highest for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Perth (North) - Highgate, 1 vehicle is the majority at 56%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 13.0%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. This choice is supported by the fact that 11.9% of workers walk to their jobs, while only 8.7% work from home—a figure far below the Australian average.
8.7% —
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
13.0% —
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 has 38 public transport routes and 3,205 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. These services make it possible for 248,476 people to be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
46
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.03
Lower than 54% 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).
3,205.3
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).
38
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
52,265
Higher than 86% 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).
248,476
Higher than 87% 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).
16
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 around is very easy here, with the typical walk to the nearest stop taking just one minute. This is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 93% 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 Perth (North) - Highgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/503021296/perth-highgate/topic/transport