4.8% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Perth - South East · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Perth - South East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Perth - South East compared to the national figure, with only 6.5% doing so. While car travel dominates, the area is better equipped for public transport than most parts of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, and 39.7% have two. Only 4.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is a little below the Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Perth - South East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 64.3% of workers drive to work, 5.0% use public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas. Working from home is uncommon here at 6.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.5% ▲ +111.0%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 81% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
The area has excellent transit infrastructure with 3,257 stops and 115 routes. This helps explain why the number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people are both a little above the state average.
3,257
Higher than 97% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.15
Higher than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,987.1
Higher than 88% of region (sa4) 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).
115
Higher than 83% of region (sa4) 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 Perth - South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/506/perth-south-east/topic/transport