6.4% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maddington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Maddington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of public transport stops and routes make Maddington more connected than many similar areas. While 6.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, the area's strong transit infrastructure helps residents move around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own one or two cars, but 6.4% have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Maddington splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way people get to work, with 68% as the driver. Very few people work from home at 3.2%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
3.2% ▲ +80.5%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
The area is well served by 94 stops and 8 routes, with 7.57 stops per 1,000 people. This is well above the state figure, though the typical trip to the city takes 54 minutes.
94
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.57
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).
1,416.1
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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
37,900
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).
54
Lower than 57% 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.
Daily travel is efficient, with a drive time to the city of 20 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. Residents also benefit from having the nearest stop within a very short walk.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Maddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50873/maddington/topic/transport