1.4% ▲ +73.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gooseberry Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gooseberry Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all households in Gooseberry Hill have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for travel. While the area has an impressive number of bus stops and routes, very few residents use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with only 1.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the 5.0% state figure and the 7.4% national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gooseberry Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 65.2% as the driver. About 13.4% work from home, which is well above the Western Australian figure but well below the national average.
13.4% ▲ +83.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
The area has some of the highest numbers of bus stops and routes compared to similar places, with 40 stops and 4 routes. Despite this, the number of people reachable by transit within 45 minutes is smaller than in about 55% of similar areas.
40
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.04
Higher than 88% 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).
1,665.1
Higher than 90% 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).
15,136
Lower than 54% 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 drive time to the city is 24 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas. It takes about 11 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, a figure around the middle for its level.
11
Lower than 53% 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 Gooseberry Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50571/gooseberry-hill/topic/transport