2.3% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sawyers Valley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sawyers Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people in Sawyers Valley live without a car compared to the national figure, with only 2.3% of homes lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is a key feature of the area's transport landscape. It is a place where most households own multiple vehicles to manage the distance to essential services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 36.2% owning two and 19.8% owning four or more. Only 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sawyers Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.7% of people as the main driver. Only 10% of residents work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
10.0% ▲ +26.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -63.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
While there are 20 public transport stops and 4 routes, these are all buses. Despite having far more stops per 1,000 people than the state average, weekly departures are far below the Western Australian figure.
20
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.
19.98
Higher than 92% 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).
551.4
Higher than 79% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Getting to the city is a long trip for those here, with the typical drive time taking 84 minutes. This is higher than in most other similar areas.
84
Higher than 59% 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 Sawyers Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51328/sawyers-valley/topic/transport