1.6% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Serpentine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Serpentine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Serpentine, where only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reliance on driving is clear across the area, as over half of the working population drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 34.2% having two and 21.7% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Serpentine, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 59.3% of workers drive to work, 10.4% work from home, which is a little above the state figure. Only 1.7% of people use public transport for their commute.
10.4% ▲ +57.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 very limited here, with no people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. While the area has 4 stops and 2 routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.40
Higher than 63% 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).
9.1
Higher than 58% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
A typical drive to the city takes 43 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. However, walking to the nearest stop takes 31 minutes, a time that is higher than most other areas.
31
Higher than 67% 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.
43
Lower than 66% 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 Serpentine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51339/serpentine/topic/transport