Hazelmere · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Hazelmere

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A 73-minute trip to the city by transit is much higher than most areas, making Hazelmere a place where travel takes significantly longer. While public transport options are plentiful, the area remains heavily dependent on cars for daily commuting.

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📍 Hazelmere, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 35.2% owning one and 32% owning two. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.

5.6% ▼ -5.8%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 6.3%
  • 2021: 5.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Hazelmere splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work is dominated by cars, with 64.7% of workers driving. Only 8% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.

8.0% ▲ +48.3%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.4%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 8.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.4% ▲ +28.4%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 2.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Hazelmere, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport stops are very common here, with 18 stops and 19.25 per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian figure. However, these services are entirely bus-based and offer limited reach, with no one reachable within 30 minutes by transit.

19.25

Higher than 92% 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).

2,681.3

Higher than 95% 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).

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).

11,087

Lower than 57% 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).

73

Higher than 79% 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.

Driving to the city is relatively quick at 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy a short walk to the nearest stop, typically taking about 6 minutes.

6

Lower than 64% 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.

18

Lower than 85% 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 Hazelmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50620/hazelmere/topic/transport