0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hovea · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hovea
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Hovea compared to the rest of the country. Every single household here owns at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a strong reliance on private transport for daily travel. This car-dependent lifestyle is a key feature of the area's transport profile.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private car ownership is very high, with 83.5% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This explains why 0% of households are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national levels.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hovea, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.5% of residents. While 12.2% work from home—which is well above the Western Australian figure—only 1.3% use public transport, which is a little below the national rate.
12.2% ▲ +76.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -51.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Hovea has a high number of bus stops and routes relative to its population, with 15.43 stops per 1,000 people. However, these services do not help residents reach other people within 30 to 45 minutes by transit.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
15.43
Higher than 90% 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).
2,412.3
Higher than 94% 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).
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.
The drive time to the city is 29 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. In contrast, it takes much longer than usual to reach the nearest transport stop, with a typical walk of 36 minutes.
36
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.
29
Lower than 75% 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 Hovea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50657/hovea/topic/transport