38.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Berkshire Valley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Berkshire Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Berkshire Valley than in most similar areas, with 38.7% of the workforce doing so. This is a remote location where almost no one uses public transport to get to work, reflecting its distance from major hubs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 64%, ahead of 4 or more (50%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Berkshire Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 4 or more (35%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at a rate far above the national figure of 21%. For those who do travel, 41.9% drive themselves, while the use of public transport is well below the state average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves the community with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Western Australian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Travel to the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 117 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
117
Higher 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)).
- 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 Berkshire Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50113/berkshire-valley/topic/transport