8.9% —
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rivervale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Rivervale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of car-free living mark Rivervale, where 8.9% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. The area is built for easy movement, with a very short 7-minute drive to the city and strong public transport use.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 9% of households do not own a car, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do, nearly half of Rivervale homes have one vehicle and 32.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rivervale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest at this level at 9.4%, well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, only 5.9% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
5.9% —
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.4% —
Higher than 97% 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.
Weekly public transport departures are much higher than most areas and a little above the state figure. While there are fewer stops per person than in most areas, the 40-minute transit time to the city is much lower than in other similar places.
34
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.12
Lower than 68% 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).
2,023.7
Higher than 84% 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).
5
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,897
Lower than 67% 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).
137,096
Higher than 77% 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).
40
Lower than 81% 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 drive time of just 7 minutes. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 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.
7
Lower than 95% 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 Rivervale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506021311/rivervale/topic/transport