7.3% ▼ -27.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Joondanna · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Joondanna
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport use has grown in Joondanna, where 8.2% of workers now commute by transit. This is well above the national figure of 3.1%. The area is highly connected, with a very short 2-minute walk to the nearest stop and an 8-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Western Australian figure. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 49.8% having one and 33.9% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Joondanna, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (7%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for areas of this size, while only 8.5% of people work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
8.5% ▲ +217.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.2% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
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.
Joondanna has 30 public transport stops and 8 routes, which are among the largest totals for similar areas. This strong access means 78,423 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.68
Higher than 80% 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).
1,018.6
Higher than 86% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
24,692
Higher than 78% 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).
78,423
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).
44
Lower than 75% 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 easy for residents, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is just 8 minutes, among the lowest for areas of this level.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Joondanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50702/joondanna/topic/transport