1.2% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Southern River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Southern River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of working residents in Southern River drive themselves to work. This is a car-reliant area where only 1.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 49% of homes owning two vehicles and 18.2% owning three. Very few households get by without a car, which is much lower than the 5% seen across Western Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Southern River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at 6.9%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. While 2.6% of people use public transport to get to work, this is actually much higher than in most similar areas.
6.9% ▲ +109.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
Public transport is based entirely on buses, with 47 stops and 5 routes making this one of the best-served areas at its level. However, the 77-minute trip to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
47
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.
3.66
Higher than 72% 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).
715.0
Higher than 82% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,869
Higher than 75% 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).
54,682
Higher than 67% 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).
77
Higher than 84% 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 area is convenient for local travel, with a very short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. It also takes much less time to drive to the city than it does for most other areas, with a typical trip of 23 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Southern River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51394/southern-river/topic/transport