0.6% ▼ -44.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gidgegannup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gidgegannup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 1% of homes in Gidgegannup lack a motor vehicle, a rate far lower than the national figure. This highlights a heavy reliance on cars in a place where most households own multiple vehicles. It takes about 37 minutes to drive to the city, which is quicker than for most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 63.4% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Only 0.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gidgegannup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 60.5% as the driver and 3.2% as a passenger. While 13.6% of workers stay at home—well above the Western Australian figure—only 1.1% use public transport to commute.
13.6% ▲ +41.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 almost non-existent, with zero stops and routes recorded. This is far below the Western Australian average and means the area has no weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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).
2,818
Lower than 53% 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).
2,818
Lower than 68% 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 typical drive time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than the figure for most similar areas.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Gidgegannup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50542/gidgegannup/topic/transport