1.8% ▼ -58.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Caversham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Caversham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer households lack a car in Caversham than across the state or nation. This reliance on private transport is clear, as the typical home has two vehicles and very few residents work from home. While public transport options are available, the area remains heavily dependent on driving for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes in Caversham have two motor vehicles, and only 1.8% have none. This figure is well below the 5% state and 7.4% national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Caversham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66% as the driver. Only 6.4% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
6.4% ▲ +114.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
Caversham has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar areas, though it relies entirely on buses. However, the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people are both well below the Western Australian average.
31
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.
4.18
Higher than 74% 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).
1,066.7
Higher than 87% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,518
Higher than 63% 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).
12,518
Lower than 56% 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).
69
Higher than 73% 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.
The drive time to the city is 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 11 minutes.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Caversham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50277/caversham/topic/transport