Millars Well · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Millars Well

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every home in Millars Well relies on a car to get around. While most residents have a vehicle, the area has very few people working from home compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Millars Well, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 49.1% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.

2.3% ▼ -14.0%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 2.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Millars Well, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, and only 1.6% work from home, which is far below the Australian average. A small number of residents, about 2.3%, use public transport for their commute.

1.6% ▲ +36.0%

Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 1.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.3% ▼ -64.4%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 2.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Millars Well, Car (driver) is the majority at 86%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Bus services are the only option for public transport, with one route and one stop serving the area. Despite this, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian average.

0.48

Higher than 59% 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).

3.8

Higher than 58% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to public transport is difficult for those on foot, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 54 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.

54

Higher than 82% 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.

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)).
  • 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 Millars Well [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50950/millars-well/topic/transport