5.7% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Spearwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Spearwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 69% of working residents in Spearwood drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area is well-served by a high number of bus routes and stops, most people still rely on private vehicles for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 5.7% of Spearwood households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Spearwood splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 5.6%, which is far below the national figure. Public transport use for commuting is 3.1%, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas.
5.6% ▲ +187.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 area is among the best served for bus travel, with 62 stops and 6 routes, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. Weekly departures are also a little above the state figure, though the trip to the city takes longer than in most areas.
62
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.67
Higher than 80% 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).
2,004.4
Higher than 92% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,595
Higher than 76% 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).
63,917
Higher than 70% 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).
69
Higher than 73% 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.
Getting to a transit stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes. Additionally, the drive time to the city is 21 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Spearwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51396/spearwood/topic/transport