0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Piesse Brook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Piesse Brook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of all homes in Piesse Brook have three or more motor vehicles, making cars the central part of local travel. This is a highly car-dependent area where virtually every household owns a vehicle, and most residents rely on them to reach work and services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in the area lacks a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Many households are heavily equipped, with 33.3% owning three vehicles and 25.8% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Piesse Brook, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 36%, followed by 4 or more (28%) and 2 vehicles (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work (61.7%), while 9.6% work from home. This rate of working from home is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
9.6% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 almost non-existent here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This is far below the Western Australian average for service frequency and accessibility.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Reaching the city takes about 83 minutes by car. Those attempting to use public transport face a long journey, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 39 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
39
Higher than 73% 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.
83
Higher than 58% 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 Piesse Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51240/piesse-brook/topic/transport