2.7% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gwelup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gwelup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Gwelup now work from home than in the past, with 10.9% of the workforce doing so. This suburb relies heavily on cars, though it has a higher number of public transport stops than most similar areas. Most residents live in households with at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes in Gwelup have two cars, and only 2.7% have none. This lack of cars is much lower than the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gwelup, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.4% of residents. While 10.9% work from home—which is well above the Western Australian figure—only 3.1% use public transport, a rate about the same as the national average.
10.9% ▲ +95.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Buses are the only form of public transport here, with 22 stops serving the area. While the number of stops is higher than in most similar areas, it still takes 65 minutes to reach the city by transit, which is longer than most areas.
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.08
Higher than 74% 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).
646.6
Higher than 81% 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).
37,222
Higher than 59% 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).
65
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is among the lowest for areas at this level, taking just 11 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Gwelup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50599/gwelup/topic/transport