8.2% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mira Mar · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mira Mar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A reliance on cars defines daily travel in Mira Mar, where 71.3% of workers drive themselves to work. While most households own at least one vehicle, about 8.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the Western Australian average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 8.2% of households have no vehicle at all. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the state figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mira Mar, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home at 5.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. Only 1.0% of the workforce uses public transport, a rate well below the state average.
5.5% ▲ +59.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▲ +143.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Mira Mar has 14 bus stops and 4 routes, providing more stops per person than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the Western Australian figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.41
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).
339.7
Higher than 75% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest public transport stop is relatively quick, with a typical walk of just 3 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.
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 Mira Mar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50969/mira-mar/topic/transport