8.7% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Richmond
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people rely on public transport and a small number of vehicles in West Richmond compared to similar areas. This is a highly accessible place where the typical trip to the city by car takes only 6 minutes. It stands out for having a very high number of transit routes and frequent departures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure. Most households get by with one or two cars, with 40.5% owning one and 37.6% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →West Richmond splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for similar areas at 5.1%, slightly above the state and national figures. Conversely, working from home is much less common here than in most areas, at just 7.1%.
7.1% ▲ +217.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.1% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.1%
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.
West Richmond has excellent connectivity with 7 public transport routes, a figure larger than about 91% of similar areas. While bus services are the only mode available, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.84
Higher than 65% 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).
774.6
Higher than 83% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
26,480
Higher than 79% 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).
82,651
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).
51
Lower than 62% 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 drive times among the lowest for similar areas. The neighborhood is also easy to navigate on foot, as the walk to the nearest stop is shorter than in most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 West Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41571/west-richmond/topic/transport