2.5% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Capel · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Capel
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Capel relies on a car to get around. With only 2.5% of homes without a motor vehicle, the area is much more car-dependent than the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 39% of homes owning two vehicles and another 20.6% owning three. Very few households lack a vehicle compared to the typical Australian home.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Capel, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.4% of people as the main driver. Only 5.5% of residents work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%.
5.5% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +57.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 limited to a single bus route with two stops. While this is more than 72% of similar areas, the 8.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.77
Higher than 60% 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).
8.4
Higher than 58% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Daily travel involves long distances, as the drive time to the city is much higher than most areas at 118 minutes. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 16 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
118
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 Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50251/capel/topic/transport