3.7% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alfred Cove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alfred Cove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 61% of workers in Alfred Cove drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households rely on cars, the area has excellent links to the city and a very high number of public transport services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here get by without a car, with only 3.7% having none. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and nearly half of all homes own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alfred Cove, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 5.9%, which is among the highest for similar areas. Around 11.1% of people work from home, a figure well above the state average but well below the national rate.
11.1% ▲ +193.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.9% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
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.
The area is very well connected, with 13 stops and 6 routes providing access to over 134,000 people within 45 minutes. Weekly departures are among the highest at this level, and the transit time to the city is much lower than most areas.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.59
Higher than 76% 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).
2,154.8
Higher than 92% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
43,955
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).
134,295
Higher than 86% 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).
41
Lower than 79% 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 fast, with a drive time of just 12 minutes. It is also very easy to access public transport, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Alfred Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50010/alfred-cove/topic/transport