Sinagra · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Sinagra

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

Far more people have access to public transport stops in Sinagra than in most similar areas. While car travel remains the dominant choice, the area is well-served by 16 stops and two transit routes. This makes getting around easier for residents than in many other parts of the region.

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📍 Sinagra, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in Sinagra has a car, with only 1% lacking a vehicle, which is well below the Western Australia figure of 5%. Nearly half of all households own two vehicles, while 15.7% have three.

1.0% ▼ -59.2%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 1.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Sinagra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers drive, with 68.2% as the driver and 3.8% as a passenger. Only 7% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.

7.0% ▲ +403.7%

Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 7.0%

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

2.2% ▼ -43.5%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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 Sinagra, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

Bus services are the only form of public transport here, with 5.16 stops per 1,000 people. Although this is much higher than most areas, the transit time to the city is among the highest for similar places at 84 minutes.

5.16

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).

1,201.3

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).

14,678

Higher than 67% 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).

14,678

Lower than 55% 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).

84

Higher than 94% 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 city by car takes 24 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas. Residents also enjoy a very short walk to their nearest stop, taking only 3 minutes.

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.

24

Lower than 79% 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 Sinagra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51352/sinagra/topic/transport