Gap Ridge · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Gap Ridge

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

About 31% of workers in Gap Ridge commute by bus, a figure far above the national average. This heavy reliance on bus travel is striking given that no one in the area works from home.

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📍 Gap Ridge, Suburb / Locality

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Bus travel is the most common way to get to work at 31.3%, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 4.7%. Meanwhile, 0% of residents work from home, which is far below the 21% seen across Australia.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

31.3% ▼ -30.6%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 45.0%
  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 31.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Gap Ridge, the largest group is Bus at 39%, followed by Car (driver) (29%) and Car (passenger) (25%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This is far below the state average of 5.48 stops per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a nearby stop is difficult here, with a typical walk of 57 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

57

Higher than 83% 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.

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 Gap Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50528/gap-ridge/topic/transport