Jindong · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Jindong

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

Nearly 40% of workers in Jindong work from home, a figure far above the national average. This reliance on home-based work is mirrored by a complete absence of public transport, making private cars essential for the community.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Jindong has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for carless households. In fact, nearly 40% of homes own four or more vehicles.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Jindong, the largest group is 4 or more at 31%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving or working from home are the only ways people get to work, with 37.8% working from home—far above the 21% national figure. No one in the area uses public transport to commute.

37.8%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.3%
  • 2021: 37.8%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Jindong, Car (driver) is the majority at 57%; Worked at home is next at 37%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport routes or stops in Jindong. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge, with a typical walk taking 76 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas at this level.

76

Higher than 94% 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.

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)).
  • 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 Jindong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50697/jindong/topic/transport