0.7% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Lake · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Lake
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes live without a car in North Lake than across Western Australia, with only 0.7% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work and the time it takes to reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes here have two vehicles, and 20.3% have three. Very few households have no car, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Lake, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 64.5% as the driver and 4.5% as a passenger. Only 8.3% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
8.3% ▲ +122.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -37.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
Buses are the only form of public transport here, with 4 stops and 2 routes available. While there are 970.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people—much higher than most areas—the 68-minute trip to the city is higher than most areas.
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.
3.08
Higher than 70% 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).
970.7
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).
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).
8,503
Lower than 61% 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).
68
Higher than 71% 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.
The drive time to the city is just 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It takes about 14 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for its level.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51144/north-lake/topic/transport