0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chidlow · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chidlow
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single household in Chidlow now has a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the national average. This reliance on cars is clear in the daily commute, where 63.4% of workers drive themselves to work. While the area has a high number of bus stops relative to its size, very few people actually use them for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. Most households are well-equipped, with 19.3% owning four or more vehicles and 35.9% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chidlow, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, while only 7.3% of people work from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21.0%. Just 1.4% of the workforce uses public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
7.3% ▲ +40.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -56.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Chidlow has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 15.38 stops per 1,000 people. However, this does not translate to high accessibility, as zero people are reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
28
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.
15.38
Higher than 90% 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).
554.6
Higher than 79% 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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 42 minutes, which is lower than most areas. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 19 minutes.
19
Higher than 58% 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.
42
Lower than 66% 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 Chidlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50290/chidlow/topic/transport