23.1% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Smith Brook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Smith Brook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost a quarter of working residents in Smith Brook work from home, a figure far above the Western Australian average. This reflects a place where most people avoid a traditional commute, as public transport is completely unavailable.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 53%, ahead of 3 vehicles (42%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Smith Brook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (35%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in the area uses public transport to get to work. Instead, 43.6% drive themselves and 23.1% work from home, which is far above the state figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in Smith Brook. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Western Australian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Access to transit is very limited, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking 69 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
69
Higher than 90% 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.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Smith Brook
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Smith Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51357/smith-brook/topic/transport