2.2% ▼ -50.9%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Plantagenet · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Plantagenet
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.93 public transport stops per 1,000 people serve Plantagenet, making it an area where most residents rely on their own cars. Very few households get by without a vehicle, and public transport is rarely used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Plantagenet has a car, with only 2.2% of households having none. This is much lower than most areas and has fallen from 4.6% in 2011, while 37.9% of homes now keep two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Plantagenet, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60% of the workforce, while only 0.5% use public transport. About 14.6% of people work from home, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%.
14.6% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Public transport options are very limited, with only two routes and five stops available. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
5
Lower 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.
0.93
Lower than 90% 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).
12.6
Lower 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).
2
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop is a challenge here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 80 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas of this type.
80
Higher than 99% 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.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Plantagenet
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Plantagenet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/509011234/plantagenet/topic/transport