Everton · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Everton

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

Far fewer people use public transport in Everton than the national figure, with no one using it to get to work. Most residents rely on private cars, and about 21.6% of the workforce now works from home.

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📍 Everton, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 21.3% owning four or more. Only 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.

5.3% ▲ +90.7%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Everton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 44.3% of residents. While 21.6% of people work from home, which is higher than most similar areas, no one in Everton uses public transport for their commute.

21.6% ▼ -4.3%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.6%
  • 2016: 17.3%
  • 2021: 21.6%

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: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Everton, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; Worked at home is next at 29%.

Public transport access

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

Everton has more stops per person than the state average, but they provide very few services. The area has only one bus route and just two stops in total.

10.36

Higher than 87% 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).

67.4

Higher than 65% 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.

Getting to the nearest transport stop is a slow process for many, with a typical walk of 21 minutes, which is higher than most areas.

21

Higher than 60% 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.

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 Everton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20896/everton/topic/transport