3.4% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Strathmore · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Strathmore
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A staggering 33.9% of people in Strathmore work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift toward home-based work happens alongside a very high level of car ownership, as only 3.4% of households here have no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common, with 44.9% of homes having two vehicles and 13.7% having three. The 3.4% of homes without a car is well below the national and state figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Strathmore, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common here than in most other areas, with 33.9% of the workforce doing so. While 2.0% use public transport to get to work, this is actually much higher than in similar areas.
33.9% ▲ +898.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -76.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
The area is well-served by transit, with 44 stops and five routes, which is more than about 88% of similar places. There are 4.9 public transport stops per 1,000 people, a little above the state figure.
44
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.90
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).
1,048.0
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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,222
Higher than 76% 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).
67,479
Higher than 72% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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 just 12 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest stop typically takes only 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Strathmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22380/strathmore/topic/transport