11.6% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Turrella · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Turrella
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Turrella than the national figure, with 34% of workers doing so. This area is well connected, featuring short travel times to the city and a high number of public transport options for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Roughly half of all households rely on a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Turrella, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 8.7%, which is well above both the state and national figures. This is consistent with the 34% of people who work from home, a rate far above the Australian average.
34.0% ▲ +903.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.7% ▼ -53.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 8.7%
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.
Turrella has 12 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. It is very well linked, with over 400,000 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.49
Higher than 75% 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).
952.9
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
27,310
Higher than 80% 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).
409,856
Higher than 90% 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).
43
Lower than 76% 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 into the city is fast, with a drive time of only 16 minutes. Residents also enjoy very quick access to transit, with the nearest stop just a 2-minute walk away.
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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Turrella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14000/turrella/topic/transport