2.6% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Churchlands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Churchlands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quick 10-minute drive to the city makes Churchlands a highly accessible place to live. Most residents rely on cars, but the area has strong public transport links that are better than in many other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here lack a car, with only 2.6% having none. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and the most common setup is two vehicles per household.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Churchlands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Around 6.5% of people use public transport to get to work, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. While 11.3% work from home, this is well below the Australian average of 21%.
11.3% ▲ +196.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 a strong point for the area, with 20 stops and 9 routes, which is among the highest for similar places. Bus services are the only mode available, providing 1,819 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
20
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.
5.50
Higher than 79% 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).
1,819.1
Higher than 91% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,044
Higher than 67% 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).
74,914
Higher than 73% 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).
51
Lower than 62% 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.
Getting around is efficient, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes. This is lower than most areas, complementing the very short drive time to the city.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Churchlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50293/churchlands/topic/transport