2.0% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Guildford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 17-minute drive to the city makes South Guildford a convenient spot for commuters, though most people rely on their own cars. While public transport infrastructure is surprisingly plentiful for the area, very few residents use it for their daily trip to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles and only 2% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Guildford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 63.9% of people as the driver. Only 8.5% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
8.5% ▲ +200.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -31.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
The area has a high number of stops and routes, far above the Western Australian average, but the service is entirely bus-based. Despite this, the 80-minute transit time to the city is much higher than most areas.
40
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.
10.58
Higher than 88% 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).
1,553.3
Higher than 89% 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).
80
Higher than 89% 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.
The drive time to the city is much lower than most areas at 17 minutes. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 11 minutes.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 South Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51371/south-guildford/topic/transport