3.0% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ascot · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ascot
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Ascot than the national average. This well-connected area is just 9 minutes' drive from the city, with a high density of transit stops and services making it easy to get around without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Ascot have at least one vehicle, with 44% owning two. Only 3% 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 Ascot, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 6.5% of workers use public transport for their commute, which is well above the Australian figure of 3.1%. In contrast, the 9.2% of people working from home is far below the national rate of 21%.
9.2% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible here, with 4.52 stops per 1,000 people and 10 different routes. This makes the area stand out, as it is among the highest in the state for weekly departures per 1,000 people.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.52
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).
2,536.7
Higher than 95% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
39,605
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).
129,047
Higher than 85% 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).
43
Lower than 76% 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 into the city is very quick, with a drive time of only 9 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes.
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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Ascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50031/ascot/topic/transport