14.0% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Derby · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Derby
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Transport habits in Derby have remained steady but lean heavily on private cars. While 14% of homes have no motor vehicle—a figure well above the national average—there are no public transport options available in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 14% of households do not own a motor vehicle, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 5%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 39.9% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Derby, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Derby uses public transport to get to work, and only 4.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive themselves to work, while 11.2% make the trip on foot.
4.5% ▲ +33.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 completely unavailable here, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the Western Australian average of 5.48 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 Derby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50405/derby/topic/transport