23.4% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Perth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Perth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of homes in Perth (WA) have no motor vehicle compared to the rest of the state, with 23.4% of households living without one. This is a city centre environment where people rely heavily on public transport and walking rather than cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 23.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. Most households that do own a car have just one vehicle, which applies to 56.6% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Perth, 1 vehicle is the majority at 57%; No vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is well above the state average at 13.9%, while 21.1% of workers simply walk to their jobs. In contrast, only 8.1% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
8.1% ▲ +160.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
13.9% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
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 extensive here, with 12.44 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state's 5.48. This high level of access is reflected in the 14,860 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far above the state average.
170
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.44
Higher than 88% 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).
14,860.3
Higher 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).
93
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
87,088
Higher than 89% 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).
326,963
Higher than 89% 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).
6
Lower than 99% 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 very fast, with a typical drive time of just one minute. Most people only have to walk for two minutes to reach their nearest transport stop, which is much lower than in most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51230/perth/topic/transport