1.5% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pelican Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pelican Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Pelican Point relies on a car for daily travel. Only 1.5% of households lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This heavy dependence on cars is clear in the way people travel to work and the long drive times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two vehicles, with 50.3% owning exactly two. This high rate of ownership means the share of car-free homes is well below the Western Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pelican Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.9% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home (5.7%), a figure far below the national average of 21.0%.
5.7% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -43.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Public transport is exclusively bus-based, with 7.53 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.53
Higher than 86% 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).
1,003.2
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a long time to reach the city, with a typical drive time of 99 minutes. A walk to the nearest transport stop usually takes about 19 minutes.
19
Higher than 58% 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.
99
Higher than 68% 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 Pelican Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51223/pelican-point/topic/transport