0.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Treeby · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Treeby
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.8% of homes in Treeby have no motor vehicle, making it an area where car ownership is much more common than in the rest of the country. While most residents rely on cars, a surprisingly high number of workers use public transport compared to national figures. This reflects a community that is heavily dependent on vehicles despite having several local transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are a staple here, with 54.3% of homes owning two vehicles and very few households without one. This lack of carless homes is well below the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Treeby, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work by public transport is common for the area at 6.5%, which is well above the Australian figure. Conversely, working from home is rare at 7.2%, a figure far below the national average.
7.2% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
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 has 12 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas, though these are all bus services. Despite these options, the transit time to the city is 85 minutes, among the highest for its level.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.85
Higher than 69% 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).
561.7
Higher than 79% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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).
85
Higher than 96% 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.
It takes 19 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. For those walking, it takes about 18 minutes to reach the nearest transport stop.
18
Higher than 57% 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 Treeby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51467/treeby/topic/transport