2.9% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Herne Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Herne Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Herne Hill go without a car compared to the national figure, as most households here own multiple vehicles. It is a heavily car-dependent area where a small number of residents use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 76.4% owning two or more vehicles. Only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Herne Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and 13% work from home, which is well above the Western Australian figure. Only 2.1% of workers use public transport, a result that is a little below the national average.
13.0% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Herne Hill has 32 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is among the highest for its area. While there are many stops, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
32
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.
20.75
Higher than 93% 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).
833.3
Higher than 84% 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).
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).
5,678
Lower than 64% 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.
Getting to the city is relatively quick, with a drive time of 25 minutes. The walk to the nearest stop typically takes about 5 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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 Herne Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50628/herne-hill/topic/transport