3.1% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Champion Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Champion Lakes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving remains the primary way to get around Champion Lakes, with very few households lacking a car. Only 3.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. While there are more public transport stops here than in many similar areas, car reliance remains high for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 41.4% owning two vehicles and 14.1% owning three. Very few households are without a car, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Champion Lakes, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 7.0%. Most residents drive to work, and while 3.2% use public transport, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
7.0% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
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. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is higher than most similar areas, the weekly departures are far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.74
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).
89.3
Higher than 67% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
11,409
Lower than 57% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 27 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. However, residents face a longer walk to the nearest stop, taking about 21 minutes.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Champion Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50281/champion-lakes/topic/transport