1.9% ▼ -47.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gnangara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gnangara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.9% of households in Gnangara are without a car, making it an area where most people rely heavily on their own vehicles to get around. While there are a few bus routes available, the low number of people using public transport highlights how central driving is to daily life here.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common, with over 25% of homes owning four or more vehicles. Far fewer households here have no motor vehicle compared to the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gnangara splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (31%) and 2 vehicles (28%), with 4 or more at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 63.9% as the driver and 13.6% working from home. Only 1.3% of people commute by public transport, which is well below the Western Australian and national rates.
13.6% ▲ +23.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 consists entirely of buses, with four routes serving the area. Despite having more routes than many similar areas, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.74
Higher than 60% 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).
508.5
Higher than 78% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
A drive to the city takes 24 minutes, which is much shorter than in most similar areas. However, it takes longer than usual to reach a stop on foot, with a typical walk of 29 minutes.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
24
Lower than 79% 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 Gnangara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50561/gnangara/topic/transport