6.3% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swan View · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Swan View
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher number of public transport stops than most similar areas now serve Swan View. While most people still rely on cars, the suburb has an impressive 77 stops across seven different routes. This makes getting to a stop very easy, even though the trip into the city remains quite long.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is two vehicles per home, accounting for 36.8% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Swan View splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 5.7% of people doing so—a figure far below the national average of 21%. Most workers drive themselves to work, representing 66.3% of the commute.
5.7% ▲ +127.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Swan View has 9.76 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 5.48. However, the transit time to the city is 78 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
77
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.
9.76
Higher than 87% 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).
1,142.0
Higher than 87% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,838
Higher than 63% 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).
23,925
Higher than 52% 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).
78
Higher than 86% 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 drive time to the city is 22 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest stop is also very quick, taking only one minute on average.
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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Swan View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51420/swan-view/topic/transport