1.0% ▼ -44.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mahogany Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mahogany Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Mahogany Creek lack a car compared to the rest of the country, with only 1% of households having no motor vehicle. This reliance on private cars defines the area, where the vast majority of residents depend on their own vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 83.1% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This is much lower than the 5% of Western Australian homes that have no car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mahogany Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 68% of people commuting as a driver. Only 8.7% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.7% ▲ +91.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▲ +251.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
While the area has 15 stops and two bus routes—a high number of stops per person compared to the state—these services do not make any other people reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
18.09
Higher than 91% 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).
1,998.8
Higher than 92% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It is a relatively short 29-minute drive to the city. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 12 minutes, which is typical for this level of area.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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 Mahogany Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50879/mahogany-creek/topic/transport