4.4% ▲ +81.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ridgewood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ridgewood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Ridgewood compared to the rest of Australia, with only 5.6% doing so. This highlights a strong reliance on commuting, though the suburb has better-than-average access to public transport stops and routes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.5% owning two vehicles. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ridgewood splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 61.3% of residents as the driver. Around 4.2% of people use public transport to commute, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
5.6% ▲ +263.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -31.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
The area is well equipped with 17 public transport stops, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than in most similar areas. However, it takes 67 minutes to reach the city by transit, which is higher than most areas.
17
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.
3.68
Higher than 72% 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).
965.0
Higher than 86% 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).
37,583
Higher than 86% 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).
37,583
Higher than 60% 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).
67
Higher than 69% 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.
It is very quick to reach a transit stop, with a typical walk of just one minute. Residents also enjoy a drive time to the city of 26 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Ridgewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51296/ridgewood/topic/transport