6.8% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pingelly · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pingelly
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 61% of workers in Pingelly drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, a small number of households live without one, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of homes have one vehicle and 35% have two. However, 6.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Western Australian figure of 5%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Pingelly splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 5.7% of people doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Around 3.8% of workers use public transport, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
5.7% ▲ +160.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 limited to a single bus route with two stops. While these stops are more common than in many similar areas, the 16.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state 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.
2.77
Higher than 68% 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).
16.6
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 about 99 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than most areas. On the other hand, the walk to the nearest public transport stop is shorter than in most similar places, taking about 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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 Pingelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51244/pingelly/topic/transport