Carlisle · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Carlisle

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More people in Carlisle now use public transport than in previous years, with 9.5% commuting this way. This makes the area stand out for its accessibility, as it is much closer to the city and has more transit options than most similar places.

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📍 Carlisle, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. Most households here own either one or two vehicles.

8.8% ▼ -21.3%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.2%
  • 2016: 8.3%
  • 2021: 8.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Carlisle, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (9%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for work is among the highest for similar areas at 9.5%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. In contrast, only 7.6% of people work from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21.0%.

7.6% ▲ +434.2%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 7.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

9.5% ▼ -33.0%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.2%
  • 2016: 12.1%
  • 2021: 9.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Carlisle, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area is very well connected with 15 routes and 35 stops, resulting in 5.20 stops per 1,000 people. This high level of service means that 137,112 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit, a figure larger than about 86% of similar areas.

5.20

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).

1,899.9

Higher than 91% 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).

24,639

Higher than 78% 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).

137,112

Higher than 86% 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).

41

Lower than 79% 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 into the city is fast, with a drive time of only 10 minutes. Residents also have quick access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 4 minutes.

4

Lower than 71% 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.

10

Lower than 95% 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 Carlisle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50263/carlisle/topic/transport