8.7% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Leederville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Leederville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport in West Leederville than in most similar areas. The suburb is highly connected, with a very short 5-minute drive to the city and an impressive 12 different public transport routes serving the community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. For those who do own cars, roughly half of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Leederville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is a popular choice for 13.4% of workers, far above the national figure of 3.1%. While 10.9% of people work from home, this is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
10.9% ▲ +183.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
13.4% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
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.
The area is a major transit hub with 18 stops and weekly departures that are far above the state figure. It is one of the best-connected areas at this level, with over 150,000 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.15
Higher than 74% 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).
3,069.8
Higher than 97% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
48,748
Higher than 87% 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).
150,770
Higher than 86% 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).
26
Lower 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.
Getting around is easy for residents, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 5 minutes. The drive time to the city is also among the lowest at just 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
5
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 West Leederville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51578/west-leederville/topic/transport