0.6% ▼ -59.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Connolly · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Connolly
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one in Connolly goes without a car, with only 0.6% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored in the way people get to work, though the area has a surprisingly high number of public transport routes compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have multiple cars, with 45.3% owning two and 17.6% owning three. This means far fewer homes are without a vehicle than in Western Australia or across the country.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Connolly, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.3% of residents. While 10.9% of people work from home, this is far below the national figure.
10.9% ▲ +182.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 mostly buses, with 10 stops and 6 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, it takes much longer than usual to get to the city, taking 78 minutes.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.72
Higher than 68% 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).
1,025.6
Higher than 86% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,572
Higher than 60% 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).
10,572
Lower than 58% 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).
78
Higher than 86% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 12 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
12
Lower than 51% 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)).
- 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 Connolly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50318/connolly/topic/transport