1.5% ▲ —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gabbadah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gabbadah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Gabbadah, where only 1.5% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a heavy reliance on driving for most residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 36% owning two and 25.1% owning three. Very few homes go without a vehicle, which is a much lower rate than across Western Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gabbadah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.7% of people. Only 5% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
5.0% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▲ +32.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 is virtually non-existent here, with no routes or stops in the area. This puts the local access far below the Western Australian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes about 56 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
56
Lower than 58% 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)).
- 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 Gabbadah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50525/gabbadah/topic/transport