10.4% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Subiaco · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Subiaco
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of people use public transport in Subiaco than in the rest of the state. This connectivity is a standout feature, with a very short 6-minute drive to the city and a high number of residents choosing to leave the car at home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 5.0% figure for Western Australia. Most households keep one car, while nearly 30% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Subiaco, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 30%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 14.7% of workers, far above the 4.7% seen across Western Australia. While 12.0% of people work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
12.0% ▲ +126.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
14.7% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
The area is very well served with 57 public transport stops and 15 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, and the 30-minute transit time to the city is among the lowest for similar areas.
57
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.73
Higher than 80% 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).
2,050.1
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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,527
Higher than 71% 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).
114,400
Higher than 82% 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).
30
Lower than 92% 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 around is easy, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Subiaco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51416/subiaco/topic/transport