24.9% —
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Roebuck · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Roebuck
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Roebuck lack a car than in most other similar areas. While 24.9% of households have no motor vehicle, the area still sees a high number of people walking to work, with 34.1% making that trip on foot.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About one in four homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 5.0% seen across Western Australia. This is a big drop from 2016, when 35.1% of households were without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Roebuck, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by No vehicle (25%) and 2 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work at 34.1%, while 32.9% drive. Only 6.6% work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21.0%.
6.6% —
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, leaving it with zero departures per 1,000 people. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623 departures.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Roebuck [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510011266/roebuck/topic/transport