Paynedale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Paynedale

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A 153-minute drive to the city makes Paynedale one of the most remote areas for commuting at its level. This distance is reflected in a total reliance on private cars for travel, with no one using public transport to get to work.

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📍 Paynedale, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Paynedale has a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. About 33% of households own two vehicles, while 29% have just one.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Paynedale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 29%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Over half of the workforce drives themselves to work, and 17.2% work from home. This share of remote workers is well above the Western Australian average, though it remains below the national figure.

17.2%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 44.0%
  • 2021: 17.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Paynedale, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This lack of access means the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The journey to the city takes 153 minutes, which is among the highest drive times for similar areas.

153

Higher than 90% 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)).
  • 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 Paynedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51214/paynedale/topic/transport