Shadforth · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Shadforth

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero homes without a car makes Shadforth a place where almost every household relies on their own vehicle. This high level of car ownership is well below the national and state figures for homes without a motor vehicle. Most residents depend on driving for their daily needs.

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📍 Shadforth, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles, while 18.3% have three. Not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Shadforth, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.4% of people. While 16% work from home—a figure well above the state average—only 1.4% use public transport.

16.0% ▲ +8.5%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.8%
  • 2016: 14.9%
  • 2021: 16.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.4% ▲ +15.8%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Shadforth, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means departures and access are far below the Western Australian figures.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Shadforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51342/shadforth/topic/transport