3.5% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eaton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eaton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained a cornerstone of daily life in Eaton, where nearly 40% of homes now keep two vehicles. While public transport access is high for the region, the area is heavily dependent on driving for work and travel. This reliance is clear as very few residents work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 39.4% owning two and 14.6% owning three. Only 3.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Eaton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69% of people as the main driver. Very few people work from home at 3.1%, a figure that is far below the national average.
3.1% ▲ +77.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -46.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Eaton has 53 public transport stops and three routes, which is among the largest for areas of this size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
53
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.
6.11
Higher than 82% 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).
494.4
Higher than 78% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop is much lower than in most similar areas. This convenience is balanced by the long drive time to the city, which takes 97 minutes and is higher 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.
97
Higher than 67% 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)).
- 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 Eaton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50472/eaton/topic/transport