Stoneville · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Stoneville

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

Nearly 40% of homes in Stoneville have two motor vehicles, making car ownership very common here. While the area has a high number of bus stops, almost everyone relies on their own car to get around and get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few households lack a car, with only 1.5% having none. This is well below the state figure of 5.0% and the national figure of 7.4%.

1.5% ▲ +34.0%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 1.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Stoneville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 64.2% as the driver. Only 8.6% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.

8.6% ▲ +70.7%

Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 8.6%

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

1.3% ▼ -38.2%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 1.3%

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 Stoneville, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

Stoneville has 33 public transport stops and 3 routes, which are among the highest counts for similar areas. However, these are all bus services and no one can reach another person within 45 minutes using transit.

13.26

Higher than 89% 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).

493.0

Higher than 78% 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 to the city takes 38 minutes, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, the 28-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most areas.

28

Higher than 65% 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.

38

Lower than 69% 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 Stoneville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51408/stoneville/topic/transport