4.5% ▼ -43.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rossmoyne · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rossmoyne
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 61% of working residents in Rossmoyne drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households own multiple vehicles, the area is well-connected with more public transport stops than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41% owning two vehicles. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rossmoyne, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The typical commute is by car, though 13.9% of people work from home, which is well above the Western Australian figure. About 3.6% use public transport for work, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
13.9% ▲ +155.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
Rossmoyne has 19 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than about 88% of similar areas. While the number of weekly departures is well below the state figure, the 43-minute trip to the city is much lower than in most areas.
19
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.
5.22
Higher than 78% 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).
1,187.5
Higher than 87% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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).
79,257
Higher than 74% 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).
43
Lower than 76% 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 around is relatively quick, with a typical drive to the city taking only 13 minutes. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a much lower walk to the nearest stop than in most other areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Rossmoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51312/rossmoyne/topic/transport