4.0% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Lake · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Lake
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Thirty-one public transport stops make South Lake one of the best-served areas for its size. This high level of access helps the suburb maintain a public transport usage rate that is much higher than most similar areas. However, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 40.7% having two vehicles. Only 4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a lower figure than across Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Lake, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.7% of people being the driver. Very few people work from home at 4.6%, a figure that is far below the national average.
4.6% ▲ +205.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -34.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 density of services with 5.32 stops per 1,000 people and four different routes. While the number of weekly departures is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the Western Australian figure.
31
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.32
Higher than 79% 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).
1,284.9
Higher than 88% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,723
Higher than 61% 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).
39,184
Higher than 60% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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.
South Lake is conveniently located with a typical drive time to the city of just 16 minutes. Access to transport is very easy, as the walk to the nearest stop is among the lowest for similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51377/south-lake/topic/transport