4.5% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cranbrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cranbrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly one in five workers in Cranbrook work from home, which is far above the Western Australian average. Most residents rely on private cars to get around, though a small number of households have no motor vehicle. Public transport is available, but it is used by very few people.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 36.2% having one vehicle and 32.8% having two. About 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cranbrook splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (31%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of the workforce drive to work, while 19% work from home, a figure far above the state average. Only 1.8% of people use public transport to commute, which is much higher than in most similar areas despite being a little below the national figure.
19.0% ▲ —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▲ —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Cranbrook has more public transport stops and routes than most similar areas, with 5.94 stops per 1,000 people. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average, and all services are provided by buses.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.94
Higher than 81% 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).
67.3
Higher than 65% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cranbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50352/cranbrook/topic/transport