3.7% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Applecross · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Applecross
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 10-minute drive to the city makes Applecross a very accessible place to live. Most households rely on cars, but the area is well-served by public transport with a high number of bus routes and frequent departures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is common, with 42% of homes having two vehicles. Only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 5%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Applecross, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for similar areas at 7%, well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, 12.9% of people work from home, which is well above the state average but well below the Australian rate of 21%.
12.9% ▲ +83.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.0% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
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.
The area has a strong transport network with 35 stops and 8 routes, making it much easier to reach the city in 36 minutes than in most other areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure.
35
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.84
Higher than 77% 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).
2,242.1
Higher than 93% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,725
Higher than 61% 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).
132,822
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).
36
Lower than 87% 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.
Daily travel is convenient, with a typical 6-minute walk to the nearest stop and a drive time to the city that is among the lowest for similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Applecross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50022/applecross/topic/transport