0.3% ▼ -72.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yalyalup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yalyalup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars remain the primary way to get around Yalyalup, where almost every home owns at least one vehicle. Only 0.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This heavy reliance on cars is common for the area, which sits over two hours from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Yalyalup have multiple cars, with 45.7% owning two and 15.2% owning three. Only 0.3% of households are without a vehicle, which is well below the 5% state average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yalyalup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 68.8% of residents. Only 5.1% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%, and just 1.6% use public transport.
5.1% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Public transport is effectively non-existent here, with zero routes, stops, or departures. This lack of access is far below the Western Australian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Yalyalup is quite isolated from the urban centre, with a typical drive time to the city of 126 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
126
Higher than 84% 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)).
- 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 Yalyalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51666/yalyalup/topic/transport