Yagoona · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Yagoona

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Fast access to public transport defines daily life in Yagoona, where a short 2-minute walk to the nearest stop is common. The area is well-connected, with 220,807 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit, making it one of the most accessible spots in the region.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

More than one in ten homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. While 35.7% of households own one car, another 33.7% have two.

10.3% ▼ -16.7%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.3%
  • 2016: 11.0%
  • 2021: 10.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Yagoona splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

About 26.7% of people work from home, a figure well above the national average. For those who travel, 41.9% drive as the main way to get to work, while 3.2% use public transport.

26.7% ▲ +1117.9%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 26.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

3.2% ▼ -70.9%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.1%
  • 2016: 11.8%
  • 2021: 3.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Yagoona, Car (driver) is the majority at 54%; Worked at home is next at 35%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Yagoona has 94 public transport stops and 11 routes, among the largest numbers for an area of this size. Despite this, the transit time to the city is 77 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

4.78

Higher than 77% 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).

1,217.2

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).

65,445

Higher than 87% 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).

220,807

Higher than 87% 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).

77

Higher than 84% 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.

Driving to the city takes about 21 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas. Residents also benefit from very short walks to their nearest transport stop.

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.

21

Lower than 82% 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 Yagoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14471/yagoona/topic/transport