7.9% ▼ -34.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ashfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ashfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Ashfield now use public transport to get to work than in the past, with 7.5% doing so. The suburb is well connected for travel, with an 11-minute drive to the city and very high levels of public transport access compared to other similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.9% of homes in Ashfield have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian figure. Most households have either one or two vehicles, with 38.4% having one and 38.1% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ashfield splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for areas of this size and well above the national figure. In contrast, only 7.7% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian rate of 21%.
7.7% ▲ +183.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.5% ▼ -28.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 a high number of transit stops and routes, with 9.32 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. This high level of access is reflected in the 2,234 weekly departures per 1,000 people, one of the highest rates for similar 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.
9.32
Higher than 87% 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).
2,234.4
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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
40,455
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).
103,855
Higher than 79% 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).
37
Lower than 86% 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 around is easy in Ashfield, as the walk to the nearest stop is among the lowest at this level. Residents also enjoy a very short commute to the city, with a typical drive time of just 11 minutes.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Ashfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50034/ashfield/topic/transport