3.0% ▼ -67.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Victory Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Victory Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Victory Heights compared to the rest of the country, with only 3.6% doing so. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is common here, with 41.5% of homes having two vehicles. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 5%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Victory Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 72.5% of people being the driver. About 2.4% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
3.6% ▲ +63.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.4%
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.
Victory Heights has 6 public transport stops, giving it 7.77 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. However, the 489.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian average.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.77
Higher than 86% 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).
489.6
Higher than 78% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is quick here, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes just 2 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Victory Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51492/victory-heights/topic/transport