6.3% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pemberton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pemberton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher rates of public transport use and vehicle-free homes set Pemberton apart from most similar areas. While most people still drive to work, about 10% of the workforce walks, and 6.3% of homes do not own a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 38% of homes have two vehicles, though the 6.3% of households without a motor vehicle is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Pemberton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, but the 3.6% who use public transport is much higher than in most similar areas. Only 7.6% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
7.6% ▲ +103.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▲ +132.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 provided entirely by buses, with four routes and two stops. While this is more than 85% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.32
Higher than 67% 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).
27.9
Higher than 60% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes longer than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of 23 minutes.
23
Higher than 61% 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.
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 Pemberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51224/pemberton/topic/transport