10.5% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Jolimont · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Jolimont
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on cars in Jolimont than in most similar areas, reflecting its high level of connectivity. This shift is clear in the numbers, with 10.5% of homes having no motor vehicle, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Typical homes usually have one car, but 10.5% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Jolimont, 1 vehicle is the majority at 56%; 2 vehicles is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest at this level at 9.7%, well above the state average. While 10.8% of people work from home, this is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
10.8% ▲ +132.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.7% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 highly accessible, with 10 stops and 4 routes serving the area. The number of stops per 1,000 people is much higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.76
Higher than 85% 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).
1,359.7
Higher than 88% 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).
17,527
Higher than 71% 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).
78,415
Higher than 74% 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).
35
Lower than 88% 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.
The area is very close to the city, with a drive time of just 8 minutes, which is among the lowest for similar areas. Most people can walk to the nearest stop in about 4 minutes.
4
Lower 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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Jolimont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50700/jolimont/topic/transport