Jerdacuttup · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Jerdacuttup

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

More than 11% of homes in Jerdacuttup have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. This lack of private transport is matched by a surprisingly high reliance on public transit for commuting. These patterns stand out against the typical trends seen across Western Australia and the rest of the country.

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📍 Jerdacuttup, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 11.1% of households here have no car, which is among the highest proportions for similar areas. While a third of homes have two vehicles, the number of car-free households is well above the 7.4% national figure.

11.1% ▲ +196.3%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 11.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Jerdacuttup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (17%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport is used by 15.6% of workers to get to work, a rate far above the national figure of 3.1%. Conversely, only 9% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.

9.0% ▼ -35.6%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.0%
  • 2016: 18.8%
  • 2021: 9.0%

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

15.6% ▼ -13.5%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.0%
  • 2016: 31.3%
  • 2021: 15.6%

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 Jerdacuttup, Car (driver) is the majority at 54%; Bus is next at 22%.

Public transport access

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

There are 21.86 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian average. However, this does not translate to frequent service, as the 131.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.

21.86

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).

131.1

Higher than 72% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Jerdacuttup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50691/jerdacuttup/topic/transport