0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Herron · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Herron
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single home in Herron now has a motor vehicle, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. This makes the area's transport profile very different from the state and national averages. While most residents drive, about 13% of the workforce now works from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 44.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 36.8% owning three or more. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Herron, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (19%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 56.9% as the driver and 5% as a passenger. Public transport use for commuting is 3.5%, which is much higher than most similar areas, while 12.9% of people work from home.
12.9% ▲ +90.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▲ +105.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with no routes, stops, or weekly departures available. This is far below the Western Australian average and means no one in the area can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 90 minutes, among the highest for this level. The typical drive time to the city is 69 minutes.
90
Higher than 99% 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.
69
Higher than 50% 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 Herron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50629/herron/topic/transport