2.0% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Leeming · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Leeming
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 3,000 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Leeming a highly connected area. This is far above the Western Australian figure, though most residents still rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles. Very few households get by without a car, at just 2%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Leeming, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and only 9.8% work from home, which is far below the national figure. However, the 4.6% of workers using public transport is among the highest for areas of this type.
9.8% ▲ +170.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Leeming has an extensive network of 77 stops and 15 routes, all served by buses. This results in 7.08 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average.
77
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.08
Higher than 86% 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).
3,150.0
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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,883
Higher than 60% 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).
38,175
Higher than 60% 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).
52
Lower than 61% 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 relatively quick, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Leeming [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50842/leeming/topic/transport