1.0% ▲ +62.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Harrisdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Harrisdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1% of homes in Harrisdale have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This makes the area highly car-dependent for daily travel. While public transport is accessible, most residents rely on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 53.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.1% owning three. Only 1% of households get by without a car, a rate much lower than across Western Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Harrisdale, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers rely on cars, with 66.8% driving themselves. Only 7% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
7.0% ▲ +267.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Harrisdale has 37 public transport stops and 3 routes, placing it among the largest for its size. However, the 65-minute trip to the city is higher than most areas, and the 626 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
37
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.
3.17
Higher than 70% 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).
626.0
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,667
Higher than 61% 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).
68,029
Higher than 72% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Harrisdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50613/harrisdale/topic/transport