6.2% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale than across the country, with only 5.5% doing so. This area relies heavily on cars, though it has a high number of public transport stops compared to other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 37.2% have two. About 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 65.6% of people as the driver. Only 3.3% use public transport, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is much lower than the 21% of Australians who work from home.
5.5% ▲ +87.8%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
While the area has 121 stops—among the largest number of stops for its level—the travel time to the city is very high at 84 minutes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state figure.
121
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.43
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).
1,207.0
Higher than 65% 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).
11
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,838
Lower than 60% 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).
23,925
Lower than 67% 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).
84
Higher than 93% 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.
It takes about 22 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes 5 minutes.
5
Higher than 50% 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.
22
Lower than 55% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/504021054/swan-view-greenmount-midvale/topic/transport