0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Throssell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Throssell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A reliance on private cars and home-based work defines daily travel in Throssell, where 32.7% of the workforce doesn't need to commute at all. While many households keep several vehicles to get around, the area is quite distant from the city, with a typical drive time of 90 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Throssell has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This high level of car ownership is clear in the data, with 32.3% of households owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Throssell, the largest group is 4 or more at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, at 32.7%. Interestingly, 7.7% of workers use public transport, which is well above the Western Australian average of 4.7%.
32.7% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.7% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
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.
Despite some people using it for work, there are no public transport stops or routes within the area. This means access to services is far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around the region takes time, as the drive to the city is typically 90 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.
90
Higher than 63% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Throssell
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Throssell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51450/throssell/topic/transport