0.7% ▼ -39.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Vines · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Vines
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households without a car define the transport landscape in The Vines, where only 0.7% of homes lack a vehicle. This makes it much more car-dependent than the typical Australian suburb. Most residents rely on private cars for their daily travel, reflecting the area's distance from the city centre.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with 45.6% having two vehicles and 20.6% having three. This means far fewer homes are without a motor vehicle compared to the 5% state figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Vines, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.1% of people commuting as the driver. Only 9% of residents work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
9.0% ▲ +46.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
While the area has more bus stops per 1,000 people than most similar areas, it is still far below the Western Australian average. Public transport is exclusively by bus, though zero people can reach others within 45 minutes using transit.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.51
Higher than 59% 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).
239.1
Higher than 74% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A 31-minute drive to the city is shorter than for most similar areas. However, getting to the nearest stop is more difficult here, as the walk takes 21 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 The Vines [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51446/the-vines/topic/transport