6.2% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Como · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Como
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Como than in most similar areas, with 10% making that choice. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 4.7%. The suburb is highly connected, offering a short 9-minute drive to the city and excellent transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.2% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households own either one vehicle (46.5%) or two (36.1%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Como, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 10% of workers use public transport—a figure well above the national average—only 8.9% work from home. This is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
8.9% ▲ +150.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
10.0% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 major feature here, with 104 stops and 19 routes. The area has 7.03 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure of 5.48, and weekly departures are far above the Western Australian average.
104
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.03
Higher than 86% 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).
2,825.9
Higher than 96% 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).
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
43,454
Higher than 86% 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).
130,770
Higher than 85% 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).
34
Lower than 89% 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, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is only 9 minutes, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Como [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50316/como/topic/transport