2.0% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alkimos · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alkimos
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Alkimos than across Australia, with only 2% of homes lacking a vehicle. This makes it a highly car-dependent area where the vast majority of residents rely on private transport for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have multiple cars, with 44.7% owning two vehicles and 10.7% owning three. This high rate of ownership is reflected in the fact that only 2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alkimos, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (38%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 60% of workers drive themselves to work, while only 6.9% work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the Australian average of 21%.
6.9% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
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.
Alkimos has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 67 stops and 7 routes. While bus services are the primary mode of transit, it takes 69 minutes to reach the city, which is longer than in most areas.
67
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.57
Higher than 84% 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).
1,752.9
Higher than 90% 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).
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).
37,583
Higher than 60% 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).
69
Higher 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.
The drive time to the city is 30 minutes, which is lower than most areas. It typically takes residents about 8 minutes to walk to their nearest public transport stop.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
30
Lower than 74% 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 Alkimos [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50011/alkimos/topic/transport