1.2% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Serpentine - Jarrahdale · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Serpentine - Jarrahdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A drive time of 119 minutes to the city makes Serpentine - Jarrahdale one of the most distant areas from the urban centre. This isolation is reflected in a heavy reliance on cars, with almost every household owning at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 42.4% owning two vehicles and 15.6% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Serpentine - Jarrahdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.3% of people. Those working from home make up 7.4% of the workforce, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
7.4% ▲ +29.2%
Lower than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 179 public transport stops, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure. Buses are the dominant service, making up 96% of the transport mode.
179
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.55
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
804.3
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) 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
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) 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 without a car is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 49 minutes on average. This is among the highest times for this level of area.
49
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
119
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Serpentine - Jarrahdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50606/serpentine-jarrahdale/topic/transport