2.6% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yanchep · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yanchep
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A long drive of 172 minutes to the city makes Yanchep a place where most people rely on their own cars. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, very few residents actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 41.8% owning two and 12.4% owning three. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Yanchep splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 59.7% of people as the driver. Only 6.6% of residents work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
6.6% ▲ +57.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to most similar areas. Despite this, 93.1% of transit users rely on the bus, and zero people can reach others within 45 minutes using public transport.
78
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.08
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).
1,632.5
Higher than 90% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel times are very high here, with the drive to the city taking 172 minutes, one of the longest for areas at this level.
172
Higher than 94% 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 Yanchep [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51667/yanchep/topic/transport