1.3% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yarrambat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yarrambat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Yarrambat drive themselves to work, reflecting a high reliance on cars in this area. Most homes own multiple vehicles, and only 1.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 30.8% of homes having four or more vehicles and 32.9% having two. This explains why so few homes lack a car compared to the rest of Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Yarrambat splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 4 or more (31%), with 3 vehicles at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 22.3% of the workforce, which is higher than most similar areas. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.6% doing so.
22.3% ▲ +200.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -75.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Yarrambat has a high number of bus stops and departures per person compared to the state average. Despite this, the 21 stops available are all for buses, with no trains, trams, or ferries.
21
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.
13.11
Higher than 89% 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).
4,094.3
Higher 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
19,925
Higher than 74% 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).
40,732
Higher than 61% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city is relatively short at 32 minutes. It is also quicker to reach the nearest transport stop on foot here than in most similar areas, taking about 6 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
32
Lower than 72% 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 Yarrambat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22916/yarrambat/topic/transport