6.5% ▲ +50.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Southern Cross · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Southern Cross
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on private cars is the norm for daily life in Southern Cross, where almost 62% of workers drive themselves to work. While some residents walk, very few people can work from home or use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two vehicles, though 6.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 5.0% and is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Southern Cross splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very rare here at just 1.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. Most people drive, and only 1.1% use public transport, a rate well below the state average.
1.5% ▼ -59.4%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -64.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 town is served by a single train route with two stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the 31.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.50
Higher than 71% 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).
31.5
Higher than 61% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes much longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 48 minutes.
48
Higher than 78% 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 Southern Cross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51393/southern-cross/topic/transport