3.7% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stirling · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stirling
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 2,600 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Stirling one of the best-connected areas in the region. This high level of service is matched by a very short 9-minute drive to the city. Most residents rely on cars, but the area's excellent transit access supports a higher share of public transport commuters than in most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Stirling have at least one car, with 46.2% owning two. Only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stirling, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 4.2% of workers use public transport, a figure much higher than most similar areas. Meanwhile, the 9.9% of people working from home is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
9.9% ▲ +146.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Stirling is a major transit hub with 55 stops and 21 routes, among the largest at this level. It has a much lower transit time to the city than most areas, with a typical trip taking 39 minutes.
55
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.
5.41
Higher than 79% 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).
2,656.9
Higher than 95% 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).
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
47,258
Higher than 86% 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).
168,608
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).
39
Lower than 83% 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 exceptionally central, with a drive time to the city that is among the lowest at this level. Residents also enjoy some of the shortest walks to the nearest transport stop.
0
Lower than 99% 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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51405/stirling/topic/transport