4.0% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
York · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in York
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 72-minute drive to the city defines the distance for York, where most people rely on their own cars. While few people work from home, the vast majority of residents own at least one vehicle to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have one or two cars, and only 4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure and well below the national rate of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →York splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 64.5% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 6.3%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
6.3% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport available. Although there are two routes and two stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.84
Higher than 61% 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).
7.1
Higher than 58% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 30 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
72
Higher than 52% 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 York [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51690/york/topic/transport