Stake Hill · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Stake Hill

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Over a third of homes in Stake Hill have four or more motor vehicles, making it a place where car ownership is very high. This heavy reliance on cars is clear as the area has no public transport stops and no active routes. Most residents depend on their own vehicles to get around and reach the city.

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📍 Stake Hill, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Stake Hill has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures. The typical home is very well equipped, with 33.1% of households owning four or more vehicles.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Stake Hill, the largest group is 4 or more at 35%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, as 58.9% are car drivers. Only 8.5% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the national figure and much lower than most similar areas.

8.5% ▲ +78.2%

Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 8.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.6% ▲ —

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Stake Hill, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes. This means no one in the area can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 42 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. However, getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge, with a 37-minute walk that is higher than most 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.

42

Lower than 66% 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 Stake Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51404/stake-hill/topic/transport