4.0% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mundaring · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mundaring
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport routes and stops are found in Mundaring than in most similar areas. While the town has a high number of bus services, the typical resident relies heavily on a car to get around. Very few people use public transport to commute to work, and only 10.5% work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 36.9% owning two and 18.5% owning three. Only 4.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a lower figure than the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mundaring, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 62.5% of people driving themselves. Only 1.4% of the workforce uses public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the state figure.
10.5% ▲ +68.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Mundaring has 34 public transport stops and 7 routes, putting it among the largest for these counts. However, these are all bus services, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian average.
34
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.
10.66
Higher than 88% 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).
712.2
Higher than 82% 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).
7
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).
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.
The drive time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, it takes longer than usual to reach the nearest stop on foot, with a typical walk of 31 minutes.
31
Higher than 67% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Mundaring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51055/mundaring/topic/transport