2.6% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Castletown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Castletown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap exists between Castletown and the rest of the country in how people travel, with far fewer residents working from home than the national figure. Most locals rely on private cars to get around. While the area has a high number of bus stops, very few people actually use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is a little below the Western Australian figure and well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Castletown, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 73.1% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 3.8%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
3.8% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Castletown has 32 public transport stops, which is among the largest for areas of this size. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure.
32
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.06
Higher than 86% 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).
121.0
Higher than 71% 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.
Public transport is accessible for many, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 6 minutes. This is lower than most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
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).
More for Castletown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Castletown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50273/castletown/topic/transport