0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Plantations · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Plantations
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the workforce in South Plantations works from home, a figure far above both the state and national averages. This high rate of home-working is consistent with a total lack of public transport options in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in South Plantations has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for households without a car. Most homes have two vehicles, while 16.7% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Plantations, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work here at 50.5%, far above the Australian figure of 21%. Other residents mainly rely on cars, with 26.7% driving and 4.8% travelling as passengers.
50.5% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 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 stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian figure.
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.
The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 60 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
60
Higher than 85% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in South Plantations [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51382/south-plantations/topic/transport