3.8% ▲ +38.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Success · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Success
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving is the primary way people move in Success, with 63.1% of workers commuting as the driver. While most households rely on cars, the area is well-served by a large number of public transport stops and routes. This makes it easier for some residents to avoid driving compared to other similar suburbs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 44% of households own two vehicles. Only 3.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas but well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Success, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here, with only 5.9% of people doing so—far below the Australian figure of 21%. Conversely, 6% of workers use public transport, which is among the highest for similar areas.
5.9% ▲ +129.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.0% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
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.
Success has a high level of service with 59 stops and 13 different routes. This results in 5.20 stops per 1,000 people, a figure that is much higher than most areas and about the same as the state average.
59
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.
5.20
Higher than 78% 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).
1,519.7
Higher than 89% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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).
17,454
Lower than 53% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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 to the city is relatively quick with a 19-minute drive, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical two-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Success [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51417/success/topic/transport