1.7% ▼ -52.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swanbourne · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Swanbourne
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 15-minute drive to the city makes Swanbourne a very well-connected suburb. Most households are heavily reliant on cars, though the area provides a high number of public transport options compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 1.7% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the state and national figures, and over half of all households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Swanbourne, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, but 5.6% use public transport, which is among the highest for this level. Around 13.1% work from home, a figure well above the Western Australian average.
13.1% ▲ +107.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.6% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 well-served with 24 public transport stops and 4 routes, both of which are higher than about 85% to 90% of similar areas. Bus travel is the dominant mode, accounting for 92% of use.
24
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.23
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).
1,440.5
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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,612
Higher than 58% 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).
18,860
Lower 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).
59
Higher 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.
Residents enjoy a quick 15-minute drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 12 minutes.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Swanbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51421/swanbourne/topic/transport