1.3% ▼ -30.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Roleystone · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Roleystone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Roleystone relies on a car, with only 1.3% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is a defining part of daily life here, as the area has very few people working from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 42% having two vehicles and 20.9% having three. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the Western Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Roleystone, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A typical 65.3% of workers drive themselves to work, while only 2.1% use public transport. Those working from home make up 9.3% of the workforce, which is far below the national figure.
9.3% ▲ +49.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Roleystone has 41 public transport stops and one route, which is more than many similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit.
41
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.99
Higher than 81% 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).
574.8
Higher than 80% 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).
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.
It takes about 11 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, and the drive time to the city is 31 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Roleystone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51308/roleystone/topic/transport