8.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Horfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Horfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become a defining feature of life in Horfield, where 41.7% of employed residents now do so. This far exceeds the national figure of 21%. Because there are no public transport options available, the area relies entirely on private cars and home-based work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.3% of homes in Horfield have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, many households hold multiple cars, with 27.8% owning three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Horfield, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 34%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 2 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce drives to work, while the remaining 41.7% work from home. This rate of home-working is among the highest for areas of this type and sits far above the Victorian average of 25.7%.
41.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Horfield. This lack of access means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure of 1,267.9.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Horfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21205/horfield/topic/transport