5.4% ▼ -42.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Embleton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Embleton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40,000 people can be reached within 30 minutes by public transport from Embleton, making it a highly connected hub. While most residents still rely on cars, the area offers far better transit access than most similar places. This convenience is reflected in the high number of people who use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 42% of homes in Embleton have two motor vehicles, though 5.4% of households have none. This lack of a car is much higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Embleton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for its area type at 8%, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, only 6.4% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average.
6.4% ▲ +216.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.0% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 exceptionally well-served with 39 public transport stops and 17 routes, far exceeding the state average for stops per person. This high level of service helps explain why the transit time to the city is much lower than in most areas.
39
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.
10.83
Higher than 88% 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).
5,195.3
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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
40,455
Higher than 86% 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).
164,946
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).
38
Lower than 84% 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 around is very efficient, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop. For those driving, the 8-minute trip to the city is among the shortest at this level.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Embleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50484/embleton/topic/transport