5.2% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Denison · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Denison
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 51-minute walk to the nearest transport stop is typical for Port Denison, where car travel is the primary way to get around. Most households rely on their own vehicles, as very few residents use public transport or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 41.2% having one and 36.8% having two. About 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Denison splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.8% of residents. Only 7.5% work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.
7.5% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -54.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 two bus routes and two stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, with only 11 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the Western Australian figure.
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.
1.38
Higher than 63% 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).
11.0
Higher than 58% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 public transport stop takes much longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 51 minutes.
51
Higher than 80% 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).
More for Port Denison
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Denison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51258/port-denison/topic/transport