5.5% ▲ +30.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ashby · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ashby
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Two-thirds of working residents in Ashby rely on driving themselves to get to work. While most households own multiple cars, a small number of people use public transport to commute, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 43% of homes have one motor vehicle and 36.5% have two. Around 5.5% of households do not own a vehicle, a figure that is much higher than in most areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ashby, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 6.3% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is 3.5%, which is much higher than in most similar areas but a little below the state average.
6.3% ▲ +96.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
The area has 9 public transport stops and 2 routes, both of which are more than most similar areas. However, it takes much longer than most areas to reach the city by transit, taking 81 minutes.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.16
Higher than 70% 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).
723.2
Higher than 82% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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).
14,678
Lower than 55% 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).
81
Higher than 90% 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 25 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, placing Ashby around the middle for its level.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Ashby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50032/ashby/topic/transport