6.7% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Erskine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Erskine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 6% of homes in Erskine have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While most residents rely on cars, the suburb has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops and routes compared to other small areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 51% of homes have one vehicle and 31% have two. The 6.7% of households without a car is a little above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Erskine, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here than in most areas, with only 6.3% doing so—far below the national figure of 21%. Around 3.4% of people commute by public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
6.3% ▲ +86.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Erskine has 19 public transport stops and 3 routes, both of which are more than most similar areas. However, with 695.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, the frequency of services is far below the state figure.
19
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.
3.50
Higher than 71% 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).
695.3
Higher than 82% 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).
19,905
Higher than 74% 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).
40,892
Higher than 61% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest stop is among the lowest for areas like this, with a drive time to the city of 51 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
0
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.
51
Lower than 61% 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 Erskine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50491/erskine/topic/transport