6.9% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Russell Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Russell Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quarter of the workforce in Russell Vale works from home, a figure well above the national average. While car travel remains the most common way to get around, the area has a high number of public transport stops and departures compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 40.7% owning two. However, the 6.9% of households without a vehicle is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Russell Vale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More than half of workers drive themselves to work, and 25.7% work from home, which is higher than most similar areas. Only 1% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure a little below the state and national averages.
25.7% ▲ +1307.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -59.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport here, with 5 stops and 3 routes. This provides 1,152.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.14
Higher than 70% 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).
1,152.5
Higher than 87% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 the city takes about 59 minutes by car. Residents have good local access to transit, with a 5-minute walk to the nearest stop being lower than in most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
59
Lower than 57% 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 Russell Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13463/russell-vale/topic/transport