Stratham · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Stratham

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

Fewer households without a car are found in Stratham than in most similar areas. Almost every home here owns a vehicle, with 65% of households keeping three or more cars. This heavy reliance on driving is clear in a place where the typical trip to the city takes 109 minutes.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few households get by without a car, with only 1.2% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 5.0% and the national figure of 7.4%.

1.2% ▼ -11.2%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Stratham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 4 or more (24%) and 3 vehicles (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at only 8.4%. Most people drive to work, and while 1.4% use public transport, this is actually much higher than in most similar areas.

8.4% ▼ -29.7%

Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.0%
  • 2016: 10.0%
  • 2021: 8.4%

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

1.4% ▼ -17.6%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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 Stratham, 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.

The area is served by a single bus route with two stops. While there are more stops per person than in many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian average.

2.52

Higher than 67% 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).

27.7

Higher than 60% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A one-minute walk to the nearest stop is much lower than in most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 109 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

1

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.

109

Higher than 74% 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)).
  • 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 Stratham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51411/stratham/topic/transport