Yerrinbool · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Yerrinbool

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

Almost every home in Yerrinbool has a motor vehicle, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. Very few households go without a car, with only 0.7% of homes lacking one, which is well below the national figure.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 41.6% of homes having two vehicles and 15.2% owning four or more. Only 0.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national averages.

0.7% ▼ -84.5%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 0.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Yerrinbool, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 60.6% as the driver. While 15.6% work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.

15.6% ▲ +442.1%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 15.6%

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

2.3% ▼ -5.1%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 2.3%

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 Yerrinbool, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

The area has more public transport stops per 1,000 people than most similar areas, though this is still far below the state average. All public transport here is provided by trains.

1.67

Higher than 64% 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).

224.1

Higher than 73% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 61 minutes to drive to the city. Getting to the nearest transport stop can be a challenge, as the 28-minute walk is longer than in most similar areas.

28

Higher than 65% 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.

61

Lower than 55% 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 Yerrinbool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14528/yerrinbool/topic/transport