0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gibson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gibson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Gibson has a motor vehicle, making it more car-dependent than the typical Australian household. The area is largely non-residential and lacks frequent public transport, with the vast majority of workers relying on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single household in Gibson owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for homes without a car. Most homes have two vehicles, though 21.2% of households own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gibson, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 4 or more (21%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 54.6% of residents, while 14.6% work from home. This rate of working from home is well above the Western Australian figure, but well below the national average.
14.6% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only one bus route and two stops serving the area. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.93
Higher than 77% 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).
17.2
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 50 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
50
Higher 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.
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 Gibson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50539/gibson/topic/transport