2.5% ▼ -37.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Swan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Swan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in West Swan are without a car, with only 2.5% of homes lacking a vehicle. This makes it much more dependent on private transport than the national average, though some residents have shifted toward working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 25.3% of homes owning four or more vehicles. Only 2.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Swan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 4 or more (24%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 61.2% being the driver. About 15.4% work from home, a figure well above the Western Australian average but well below the national rate.
15.4% ▲ +39.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 West Swan has a high number of stops per 1,000 people, it takes 89 minutes to reach the city by transit. Public transport is limited to buses, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
20
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.
25.45
Higher than 95% 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).
896.9
Higher than 86% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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).
89
Higher than 99% 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 to the nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just one minute. However, the drive time to the city is 21 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Swan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51585/west-swan/topic/transport