12.3% ▼ -42.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
La Perouse · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in La Perouse
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a third of people in La Perouse drive themselves to work, though the area is marked by a high number of residents who work from home. While 12.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, the area has an impressive number of public transport stops and departures compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A high 12.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the state figure of 9.2% and the national figure of 7.4%. Most households do have cars, with 41.2% owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In La Perouse, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 32.9% of people doing so—a figure far above the Australian average of 21.0%. Public transport use for commuting is also much higher than most areas at 3.9%.
32.9% ▲ +562.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -51.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
La Perouse has 8.20 stops per 1,000 people and 9,907.1 weekly departures, both of which are far above the New South Wales figures. However, these bus services take 84 minutes to reach the city, which is among the highest times for this level.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
9,907.1
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality 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
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
10,610
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
84
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is relatively quick, with a drive time of 18 minutes that is much lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 20 minutes.
20
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality 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.
18
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 La Perouse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12238/la-perouse/topic/transport