0.7% ▲ +45.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Piara Waters · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Piara Waters
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Piara Waters owns a car, with only 0.7% of homes having no motor vehicle. This makes the area's reliance on cars far higher than the national figure. While most residents drive to work, the suburb has a surprisingly high number of public transport routes compared to similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 57.5% of homes having two vehicles. The same proportion of homes having no car is well below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Piara Waters, 2 vehicles is the majority at 57%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and only 6.3% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. A small number of residents use public transport, with 3.3% doing so, which is much higher than most similar areas.
6.3% ▲ +163.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 32 public transport stops, which is among the largest for its level, and five routes, which is more than about 88% of similar areas. Despite this, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 5.48.
32
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.
2.13
Higher than 66% 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).
517.7
Higher than 79% 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).
11,667
Higher than 61% 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).
11,667
Lower than 57% 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).
61
Higher than 58% 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 relatively quick, with a drive time of 21 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It is also easier to access transit here, with a 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Piara Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51234/piara-waters/topic/transport