26.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Varley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Varley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Varley than in most similar areas, with 26.7% of the workforce doing so. This remote working trend is a defining feature of the local transport landscape, as no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 44%, ahead of No vehicle (0%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Varley, 2 vehicles is the majority at 100%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people here drive to work, with 66.7% as the driver. The proportion of people working from home is far above the Western Australian figure of 7.5% and well above the national figure of 21.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While Varley has more public transport stops per 1,000 people than most areas, the actual service is very limited. Weekly departures are far below the Western Australian figure, with only one bus route serving the area.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
22.73
Higher than 94% 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).
45.5
Higher than 62% 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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Varley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51488/varley/topic/transport