1.3% ▲ +81.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Yunderup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Yunderup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people here use public transport to get to work than in most similar areas, though South Yunderup remains heavily reliant on cars. Only 1.3% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 42.1% having two vehicles and 8.1% owning four or more. This high level of car ownership is consistent with only 1.3% of homes having no motor vehicle at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Yunderup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 60% of workers drive themselves to work, while 6.5% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. A small number of people use public transport to commute, sitting at 2.5%.
6.5% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 17 public transport stops and two bus routes here, which is more than most similar areas. However, these services are infrequent, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the Western Australian figure.
17
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.
4.40
Higher than 75% 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).
57.8
Higher than 64% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 66 minutes to drive to the city. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 37 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
37
Higher than 72% 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.
66
Lower than 52% 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 Yunderup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51390/south-yunderup/topic/transport