3.4% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meadow Springs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Meadow Springs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most households in Meadow Springs rely on cars, with 61.7% of workers driving to their jobs. While the area has a high number of bus stops and routes, the long 88-minute trip to the city makes public transport less common for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 42.6% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 3.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Meadow Springs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare in Meadow Springs at 5.6%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21.0%. About 3.6% of people use public transport for their commute, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
5.6% ▲ +101.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
The area has 44 public transport stops and 5 routes, putting it among the largest for access. However, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Western Australian figure, and all services are provided by buses.
44
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.80
Higher than 77% 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).
1,026.3
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).
5
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).
20,125
Lower than 51% 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).
88
Higher than 99% 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 to a stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 46 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
1
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.
46
Lower than 64% 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 Meadow Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50922/meadow-springs/topic/transport