2.9% ▼ -35.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Riverton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Riverton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 16-minute drive to the city makes Riverton a very accessible place for commuters. While most residents rely on cars, the area has an impressive range of public transport options, with 25 stops serving the community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 45.6% owning two vehicles. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Riverton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, used by 63.3% of residents. Working from home is much less common here than in other areas, at just 8.1%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
8.1% ▲ +112.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
Public transport is a strong point for the area, with 11 routes and more stops per 1,000 people than most similar areas. Weekly departures are among the highest at this level, though all services are bus-based.
25
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.
4.11
Higher than 74% 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).
1,734.5
Higher than 90% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,518
Higher than 66% 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).
74,075
Higher than 73% 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).
55
Lower than 55% 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 much faster than in most areas, with a typical drive time of only 16 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 6-minute walk to the nearest stop.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Riverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51298/riverton/topic/transport