4.3% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eden Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eden Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Eden Hill compared to the rest of the country, with only 5.7% doing so. This is a stark contrast to the national figure of 21%. Most residents here rely on cars, though the area has very good access to public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, and 40.7% have two. Only 4.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a similar rate to the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Eden Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way people get to work, with 65.8% as the driver. About 4.4% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
5.7% ▲ +177.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 readily available with 10 stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. While the number of stops per person is far below the state average, weekly departures are much higher than in most other areas.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.70
Higher than 68% 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).
1,194.7
Higher than 87% 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).
15,932
Higher than 69% 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).
51,542
Higher than 65% 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).
45
Lower than 73% 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.
The area is very convenient for travel, with a short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. A drive to the city takes only 13 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Eden Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50473/eden-hill/topic/transport