0.7% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eglinton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eglinton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all households in Eglinton have two motor vehicles. This reliance on cars is clear, as only 0.7% of homes have no vehicle, which is well below the national figure. While the area is heavily car-dependent, it has an unusually high number of public transport stops and departures compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 48.8% owning two and 35.9% owning one. Only 0.7% of households are without a vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eglinton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.8% of people using a car as the driver. Very few people work from home at 5.6%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.6% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
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.
Public transport infrastructure is strong here, with 20 stops and 6 routes, putting it in the top 20% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Western Australian figure, though the trip to the city takes a long 66 minutes.
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.40
Higher than 79% 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).
2,196.2
Higher than 93% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
62,411
Higher than 70% 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).
66
Higher than 68% 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 drive to the city is 33 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Residents also have quick access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
33
Lower than 71% 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 Eglinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50476/eglinton/topic/transport