2.6% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yallambie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yallambie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes without a car are found in Yallambie than across the state, with only 2.6% of households lacking a vehicle. Most residents rely on their own transport, though a significant number of people work from home. This creates a landscape where private cars dominate daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all households have two vehicles, and only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national and state averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yallambie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 27.8% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian figure. While 42.1% drive to work, only 1.9% use public transport, though this is much higher than in most similar areas.
27.8% ▲ +1027.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -61.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Yallambie has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to other areas, but it takes much longer than most places to reach the city by transit, taking 74 minutes.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.33
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).
1,242.0
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,733
Higher than 73% 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).
86,970
Higher than 76% 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).
74
Higher than 80% 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 to the city by car is quite fast, with a drive time of 22 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 11 minutes, placing the area around the middle for its level.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Yallambie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22892/yallambie/topic/transport