12.8% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pennington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pennington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than one in ten homes in Pennington have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure. While the area is very close to the city, residents rely heavily on cars for work and have a much lower rate of working from home than most other places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.8% of households do not own a car, a figure well above both the state and national averages. For those who do, the most common setup is one vehicle (36.1%) or two vehicles (33.7%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Pennington splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with No vehicle at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here (6.6%), which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive themselves to work (66.9%), though 4.9% use public transport, which is a little above the Australian average.
6.6% ▲ +233.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▼ -33.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
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.
Pennington has 15 public transport stops and 8 routes, making it one of the best-served areas at this level. However, the time it takes to get to the city by transit is higher than most areas.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.98
Higher than 73% 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).
922.9
Higher than 86% 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).
8
Higher than 86% 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).
50,503
Higher than 65% 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).
62
Higher than 60% 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.
Daily travel is convenient for those driving or walking, with a short 15-minute drive to the city. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes only 6 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Pennington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41136/pennington/topic/transport