8.7% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St James · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St James
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport use has grown steadily in St James, where 8.2% of workers now commute by transit. This is well above the national figure of 3.1%. The area is highly connected with 11 different routes and 22 stops, making it far easier to get around than in most similar suburbs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.7% of homes in St James have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. Most households own either one or two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →St James splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest at this level, while only 6.4% of people work from home. This is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
6.4% ▲ +285.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.2% ▼ -37.4%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
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.
St James is well served by buses, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being among the highest at this level. It has 22 public transport stops, which is more than about 89% of similar areas.
22
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.
4.50
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).
2,045.2
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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
20,612
Higher than 74% 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).
139,839
Higher than 86% 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).
44
Lower than 75% 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 the city is very fast, with a drive time of 9 minutes that is among the lowest for this level. Residents also have a short walk to the nearest stop, typically taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 St James [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51402/st-james/topic/transport