2.4% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Australind · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Australind
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.4% of homes in Australind have no motor vehicle, meaning almost every household relies on a car to get around. This high level of car ownership is a key feature of the area, where the typical home has two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two cars, with 44.4% having exactly two and 16.2% having three. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Australind, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.6% of people as the main driver. Very few people work from home at 3.7%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
3.7% ▲ +60.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -39.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Public transport is provided entirely by buses, with 84 stops and 6 routes. While the number of stops is among the largest for similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
84
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.25
Higher than 78% 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).
493.5
Higher than 78% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is 93 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
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.
93
Higher than 65% 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)).
- 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 Australind [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50039/australind/topic/transport