2.2% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Henley Brook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Henley Brook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Heavy reliance on cars defines transport in Henley Brook, where nearly 80% of homes have two or more vehicles. While the area has a high number of bus stops, very few people use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 38.8% having two and 19.9% owning four or more. Only 2.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Henley Brook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.6% of people commuting as the driver. Working from home is less common here than across Australia, at 9.9%, while only 0.9% use public transport.
9.9% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -58.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 31 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is among the highest for similar areas. All services are buses, and while there are 932 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is far below the Western Australian figure.
31
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.
12.40
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).
932.0
Higher than 86% 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).
11,164
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).
11,164
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It is a relatively quick 25-minute drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 8 minutes.
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.
25
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 Henley Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50625/henley-brook/topic/transport