11.1% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Centennial Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Centennial Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of homes in Centennial Park have no motor vehicle compared to most areas, with 11.1% of households without one. This lack of car ownership is unusual for the region, yet the area remains heavily dependent on roads for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. Most households do own a car, with 57.3% having one vehicle and 23.9% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Centennial Park, 1 vehicle is the majority at 56%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 1.4%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Most residents drive to work, while 12.1% walk and only 1.1% use public transport.
1.4% ▲ —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 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.
Centennial Park has 18.87 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. While it has four bus routes and 13 stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Western Australian figure.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
18.87
Higher than 92% 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).
1,059.5
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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
It takes about 9 minutes for a typical resident to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
9
Lower than 56% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Centennial Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50278/centennial-park/topic/transport