7.4% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Victoria Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Victoria Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 4,000 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make East Victoria Park one of the best-connected areas in the region. Residents benefit from an exceptional level of transit access, which is reflected in the high number of people who use buses and trains to commute to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Western Australian figure. Most households own one or two vehicles, with 42.1% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →East Victoria Park splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 11.3%, well above both the state and national figures. This is a contrast to working from home, which at 7.6% is much lower than most areas and far below the Australian figure.
7.6% ▲ +189.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.3% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.3%
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.
The area is highly accessible, with 83 public transport stops and 26 routes. This infrastructure makes it easier to reach others; 174,508 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit, a figure larger than about 90% of similar areas.
83
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.85
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).
3,901.5
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).
26
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
53,673
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).
174,508
Higher than 86% 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).
39
Lower than 83% 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 efficient, with a drive time of only 8 minutes. Local access is also strong, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Victoria Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50468/east-victoria-park/topic/transport