2.1% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Perth - Evandale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Perth - Evandale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 72% of workers in Perth - Evandale drive themselves to work. This is a car-dependent area where very few households get by without a motor vehicle. Public transport use is extremely low, with only 0.6% of people using it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 2.1% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Perth - Evandale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common than across Australia, with only 6.7% of people doing so. Very few people use public transport for work, at just 0.6%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
6.7% ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Public transport is limited, with 167.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average of 767.0. There are 15 stops in the area, all of which are bus services.
15
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.74
Lower than 73% 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).
167.5
Lower than 77% 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).
7
Lower than 52% 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 around is challenging without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 19 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for similar places at 113 minutes.
19
Higher than 79% 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.
113
Higher than 91% 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)).
- 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 - Evandale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602031062/perth-evandale/topic/transport