4.6% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Vale Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Vale Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Short commutes and easy access to buses make daily travel very efficient for people in Vale Park. The area is exceptionally well-connected, with a typical drive to the city taking only 8 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two cars, and only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Vale Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work, though 5.0% of workers use public transport, which is among the highest for similar areas. About 12.6% of people work from home, a figure that is well below the Australian average.
12.6% ▲ +209.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -34.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
Vale Park has a strong transport network with 10 stops and 5 routes, which is more than most similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest at this level, though all services are via bus.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.08
Higher than 74% 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).
1,479.6
Higher than 89% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,023
Higher than 55% 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).
85,332
Higher than 75% 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).
45
Lower than 73% 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 is very fast, with a drive time of just 8 minutes. Residents also enjoy quick access to transit, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Vale Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41499/vale-park/topic/transport