3.1% ▼ -56.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swan Reach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Swan Reach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Swan Reach relies on a car to get around, with only 3.1% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a lifestyle where private transport is essential for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have two vehicles, accounting for 43.2% of households. Only 3.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the typical Australian or Victorian home.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Swan Reach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61.4% of residents as drivers. No one here commutes by public transport, and the 14.6% who work from home is far below the Victorian figure.
14.6% ▲ +29.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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.
While Swan Reach has 5 bus stops and 3 routes—which is more than most similar areas—the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.81
Higher than 81% 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).
99.9
Higher than 68% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 19 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
19
Higher than 58% 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).
More for Swan Reach
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Swan Reach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22409/swan-reach/topic/transport