7.1% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Orange Grove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Orange Grove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 64% of working residents in Orange Grove drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has more public transport stops than many similar places, the typical walk to a stop takes 36 minutes, which is longer than in most areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian figure of 5%. However, over 21% of households own four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Orange Grove, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 36%, followed by 4 or more (21%) and 2 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 9.2% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is very low at 1.9%, though this is still much higher than in most similar areas.
9.2% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -57.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
The area has 4 public transport stops and one route, meaning it has more stops than about 76% of similar areas. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure.
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.
5.51
Higher than 80% 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).
68.9
Higher than 65% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 43 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. Conversely, the 36-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than most other areas.
36
Higher than 71% 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.
43
Lower than 66% 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 Orange Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51185/orange-grove/topic/transport