1.1% ▲ +55.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Aveley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Aveley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Aveley relies on a car to get around, with only 1.1% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is reflected in the commute, where nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 48.5% of households owning two vehicles. The proportion of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Aveley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at 5.5%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Only 1.7% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is well below the state average.
5.5% ▲ +71.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Buses are the only form of public transport available, and while the area has 55 stops, the travel time to the city is much higher than most areas at 78 minutes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most similar areas, though still far below the state figure.
55
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.
3.93
Higher than 73% 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).
952.1
Higher than 86% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,680
Higher than 68% 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).
15,680
Lower than 54% 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).
78
Higher 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.
Driving to the city is relatively quick, taking 26 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. A typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 7 minutes.
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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Aveley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50040/aveley/topic/transport