3.0% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Taylors Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Taylors Lakes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are the primary way of getting around Taylors Lakes, where only 3% of homes have no motor vehicle. While the area has an impressive number of transport stops, the typical commute to the city remains long and heavily reliant on driving.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 39.5% owning two and 21.3% owning three. This is reflected in the fact that only 3% of homes lack a vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Taylors Lakes, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice for 57.3% of workers, while 22.3% work from home, a figure slightly above the Australian average. Only 1.5% of people use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the state and national figures.
22.3% ▲ +854.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -68.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Taylors Lakes has a high number of stops and 18 different routes, with 66 stops in total. Despite this access, the transit time to the city is 71 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
66
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.35
Higher than 75% 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).
1,330.7
Higher than 88% 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).
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,910
Higher than 70% 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).
84,799
Higher than 75% 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).
71
Higher than 76% 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.
The drive time to the city is 21 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Taylors Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22474/taylors-lakes/topic/transport