6.0% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Redhead · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Redhead
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A two-minute walk to the nearest stop is a highlight for Redhead, where public transport access is much better than in most similar areas. While most residents rely on cars, nearly a quarter of the workforce now works from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. However, most households still own multiple cars, with 39.3% having two and 12.2% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Redhead splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure. Instead, over half the workforce drives, while 24.5% work from home, a rate well above the Australian average.
24.5% ▲ +566.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 27 public transport stops, making it larger than 91% of similar areas. These are all bus services, though the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
27
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.
7.13
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).
399.5
Higher than 76% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality 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 to a stop is very quick, but the drive time to the city takes 100 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
100
Higher than 69% 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)).
- 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 Redhead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13353/redhead/topic/transport