0.4% ▼ -78.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oakford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oakford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single household in Oakford now owns a car, reflecting a shift toward high vehicle reliance in the area. The typical home has multiple vehicles, as private transport is essential for getting around this rural landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here have no motor vehicle, at just 0.4%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are heavily equipped, with 32.5% owning four or more vehicles and another 32.9% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Oakford splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 4 or more (33%), with 3 vehicles at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61% of residents. While 11.8% of people work from home—well above the state figure—only 1.2% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas but still well below the state average.
11.8% ▲ +70.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -54.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with no routes, stops, or departures recorded. This puts Oakford far below the Western Australian average for transport access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 to the city is relatively quick, with a 27-minute drive time that is much lower than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 60 minutes, which is much higher than in most other places.
60
Higher than 85% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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).
More for Oakford
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Oakford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51174/oakford/topic/transport