1.8% ▼ -41.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Floreat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Floreat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.8% of homes in Floreat have no motor vehicle, making it an area where almost every household relies on a car. While car travel is dominant, the suburb is better connected to public transport and the city than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 47.3% having two and 16.7% having three. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below both the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Floreat, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 6.4%, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure. However, 13.0% of people work from home, a rate well below the Australian average.
13.0% ▲ +120.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.4% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
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.
The area is well served by 72 bus stops, which is among the largest number of stops for its level. This high level of access helps explain why the transit time to the city is much lower than in most other areas.
72
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.35
Higher than 86% 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).
1,459.0
Higher than 89% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,621
Higher than 56% 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).
73,422
Higher than 73% 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).
42
Lower than 78% 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 to the city is very quick here, with a typical drive time of just 10 minutes. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Floreat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50510/floreat/topic/transport