7.9% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Padstow Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Padstow Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is remarkably common in Padstow Heights, where nearly 40% of people do their jobs from their own house. This is far above the national figure of 21%, marking the area as one of the most flexible workplaces in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though 7.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Padstow Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 39.8% of people work from home, others rely mostly on cars, with 34.1% driving to work and only 1.6% using public transport.
39.8% ▲ +1131.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -80.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
The area has 17 public transport stops, which is more than about 86% of similar places, but the 76-minute trip to the city is much longer than in most other areas.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.73
Higher than 76% 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).
938.8
Higher than 86% 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).
17,200
Higher than 71% 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).
86,089
Higher than 76% 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).
76
Higher than 83% 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.
A quick 22-minute drive gets residents to the city, which is much faster than in most similar areas, while the walk to the nearest stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Padstow Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13132/padstow-heights/topic/transport