30.3% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Gillingarra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gillingarra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 30.3% of the workforce in Gillingarra works from home, far exceeding the national figure of 21.0%. This reliance on home-based work and private cars defines daily travel in the area, as there are no public transport options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 4 or more at 53%, ahead of 2 vehicles (40%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gillingarra, 4 or more is the majority at 57%; 2 vehicles is next at 43%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people here drive to work or stay at home, with 57.6% using a car and 30.3% working from home. This makes the area's remote-work rate far above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts Gillingarra far below the state average for service access, with zero 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel to the city is a significant trip, taking 85 minutes. This drive time is higher than in most similar areas.
85
Higher than 60% 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 Gillingarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50545/gillingarra/topic/transport