3.7% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Modbury North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Modbury North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households without a car live in Modbury North, where only 3.7% of homes lack a motor vehicle. Most residents rely on cars, but the area is also well-serviced by public transport, with 20 different routes operating in the suburb.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 40.1% owning two and 13.2% owning three. The proportion of households without a vehicle is much lower than the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Modbury North splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Drivers make up 66.2% of the commute, while 6.0% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure. Only 8.8% of people work from home, a rate far below the 21.0% seen across Australia.
8.8% ▲ +289.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.0% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible, with 5.96 stops per 1,000 people and 1,807.9 weekly departures, both of which are well above the state figures. All available transit is provided by buses.
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.96
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).
1,807.9
Higher than 91% 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).
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
36,744
Higher than 86% 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).
99,624
Higher than 79% 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).
48
Lower than 68% 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 around is efficient, with a typical two-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Modbury North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40900/modbury-north/topic/transport