1.1% ▼ -44.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Dandalup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Dandalup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 2% of homes in North Dandalup lack a motor vehicle, making it much more car-dependent than the state and national averages. Most households own multiple cars to get around, as the area is largely isolated from the city and has very few people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 86.7% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Western Australian average of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Dandalup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most of the workforce relies on cars, with 62% of people driving to work. Only 6.9% of residents work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
6.9% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▲ +109.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 4 public transport stops and 2 routes—more than many similar areas—these services are infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.63
Higher than 76% 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).
30.1
Higher than 61% 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.
Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 22 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas. The drive to the city typically takes 58 minutes.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
58
Lower than 57% 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 North Dandalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51136/north-dandalup/topic/transport