6.7% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yorketown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yorketown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A higher number of public transport stops and routes than most similar areas are found in Yorketown. However, these facilities are rarely used for commuting, as 60.6% of the workforce drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.3% owning two. About 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas but about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Yorketown splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average. While 12.2% walk to their jobs, only 9.5% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
9.5% ▲ +114.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are 7 public transport routes and 3 stops, which is more than most similar areas. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, with only buses available.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.01
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).
20.1
Higher than 59% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes much longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 66 minutes.
66
Higher than 89% 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.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Yorketown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Yorketown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41689/yorketown/topic/transport