1.0% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Secret Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Secret Harbour
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.0% of homes in Secret Harbour have no motor vehicle, making it a place where almost every household relies on a car. This high rate of vehicle ownership is the defining feature of daily travel in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 45.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 10.4% having four or more. Far fewer homes are without a car here than in the rest of Western Australia or the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Secret Harbour, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, as 62.0% are car drivers. Very few people work from home at 5.8%, which is far below the national figure.
5.8% ▲ +116.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Public transport is based entirely on buses, with 55 stops and 3 routes. While the number of stops is among the largest for similar areas, the 87-minute trip to the city is among the highest.
55
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.
4.41
Higher than 75% 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).
904.2
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,178
Higher than 76% 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).
46,396
Higher than 63% 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).
87
Higher than 99% 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 nearest stop is easy, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 41 minutes, which is lower than in many other places.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Secret Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51337/secret-harbour/topic/transport