6.9% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wembley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wembley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A much higher share of people use public transport to get to work in Wembley than the national figure. This area is exceptionally well connected, with a short 7-minute drive to the city and an abundance of transport stops. While most homes have one or two cars, nearly 7% of households here live without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.9% of Wembley homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Western Australian figure. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 44.6% owning one and 36.9% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wembley, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for similar areas at 7.3%, well above the Australian figure. However, the 9.5% of people working from home is far below the national average.
9.5% ▲ +142.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.3% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 7.3%
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.
Wembley has an impressive 53 public transport stops, which is among the largest for its size. This accessibility means a typical trip to the city takes just 32 minutes, a time much lower than most areas.
53
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.39
Higher than 75% 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).
1,291.2
Higher than 88% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
27,723
Higher than 80% 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).
119,951
Higher than 83% 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).
32
Lower than 91% 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.
Getting around is very efficient here, with a drive time to the city among the lowest at just 7 minutes. Residents also enjoy a very short walk to the nearest stop, taking only 1 minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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 Wembley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51564/wembley/topic/transport