6.5% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Palmyra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Palmyra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Palmyra than across Australia, where the national figure is 21% compared to just 7.3% here. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a higher proportion of homes without any motor vehicle than most similar suburbs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.5% of Palmyra homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian figure of 5%. Most households keep one or two cars, with 43.8% having one and 38.1% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Palmyra, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 4.4%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average of 3.1%. Most workers drive, with 64.3% as the driver, while only 7.3% work from home.
7.3% ▲ +141.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▼ -36.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
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.
The area has 23 public transport stops and 5 routes, both of which are larger than about 88% of similar areas. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, weekly departures are among the highest at this level.
23
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.03
Higher than 69% 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).
1,714.0
Higher than 90% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
32,230
Higher than 84% 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).
116,689
Higher than 82% 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).
62
Higher than 60% 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.
Getting to the city is fast, with a drive time of 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also live close to transit, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 5 minutes, lower than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Palmyra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51197/palmyra/topic/transport