18.0% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Perth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Perth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on cars in East Perth than in most other areas, with 18% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is far above the national figure of 7.4%. The area's high public transport use and quick access to the city make it a place where many residents choose to live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly one in five homes here has no motor vehicle, which is far above the 5% seen across Western Australia. Most households have just one vehicle, while only 2.7% own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Perth, 1 vehicle is the majority at 59%; 2 vehicles is next at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is a popular choice for getting to work, with 23.7% of residents using it—far above the national figure of 3.1%. This is consistent with a much lower rate of working from home compared to most other areas.
8.2% ▲ +190.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
23.7% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
East Perth is one of the best-connected areas, with 6,616.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the state figure. It has 34 different routes and 51 stops, mostly for buses.
51
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.37
Higher than 75% 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).
6,616.9
Higher 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).
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
51,147
Higher than 87% 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).
335,859
Higher than 89% 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).
13
Lower than 99% 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 into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 3 minutes. Most residents also live within a short 2-minute walk to their nearest transport stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
3
Lower than 99% 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 East Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50464/east-perth/topic/transport