Inglewood · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Inglewood

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

Well above the state average, 12.1% of workers in Inglewood use public transport to get to work. This area is highly connected, with a very short 6-minute drive to the city and a high number of transit options. Most residents rely on cars, but more households here live without a vehicle compared to most other areas.

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📍 Inglewood, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle in 42.7% of households.

8.5% ▼ -27.4%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.7%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 8.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Inglewood, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (9%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for areas of this size, sitting well above the national figure of 3.1%. While 11.1% of people work from home, this is well below the Australian average of 21.0%.

11.1% ▲ +198.0%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 11.1%

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

12.1% ▼ -12.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.8%
  • 2016: 13.7%
  • 2021: 12.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In Inglewood, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Bus is next at 14%.

Public transport access

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

Inglewood is exceptionally well-served by buses, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the state figure. It has 24 stops and 10 different routes, making it larger than about 90% of similar areas for stop counts.

4.11

Higher than 74% 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).

3,218.9

Higher than 98% 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).

28,348

Higher than 81% 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).

115,412

Higher than 82% 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).

33

Lower than 90% 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.

Getting around is fast and easy, with a drive time to the city that is among the lowest for similar areas. Residents are also very close to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking just one minute.

1

Lower 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.

6

Lower than 99% 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 Inglewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50668/inglewood/topic/transport