0.7% ▼ -69.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Meadows
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 70% of workers in Meadows drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is a car-dependent area where very few homes lack a vehicle and public transport is rarely used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here has a car, with just 0.7% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple vehicles, with 43.6% owning two and another 21.1% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Meadows, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work (0.5%), and only 9.9% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Most residents rely on cars, with 70.9% driving themselves to work.
9.9% ▲ +56.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
While there are 5 public transport stops and 4 bus routes, these are far below the state average. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also far below the state figure, and no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
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.
2.91
Higher than 69% 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).
28.0
Higher than 60% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 typical walk to the nearest stop takes 12 minutes. It takes about 35 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most similar areas.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
35
Lower than 70% 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).
More for Meadows
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40853/meadows/topic/transport