5.6% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Harvey · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Harvey
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Harvey compared to the national figure, with only 3.8% doing so. This reliance on traditional commuting is reflected in the high number of vehicles per household, though a small number of homes have no car at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 36.9% having two vehicles. However, 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Harvey splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive to work, with 71.4% as the driver. Only 1.0% use public transport, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average.
3.8% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -29.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 4 public transport stops and 2 routes serving the area. While this is more than many similar places, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.16
Higher than 62% 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).
13.3
Higher than 59% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 35 minutes. It takes 86 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than in most similar areas.
35
Higher than 71% 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.
86
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 Harvey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50615/harvey/topic/transport