3.6% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gordon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gordon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now use public transport in Gordon than in most similar areas, though the suburb remains heavily reliant on cars. While transit options have expanded, the typical trip to the city is still quite long. Most homes here own multiple vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes are without a car, with only 3.6% lacking a vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and 41% of households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gordon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here than in other areas, with only 9% doing so. This is far below the Australian figure of 21%, and nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to work.
9.0% ▲ +375.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -48.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 stops are common here, with 38 stops and 8 routes, which is among the highest for similar areas. However, the 84-minute transit time to the city is among the highest of its kind.
38
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.82
Higher than 77% 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).
931.3
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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,892
Higher than 55% 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).
39,185
Higher than 60% 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).
84
Higher than 94% 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.
A short three-minute walk to the nearest stop is much lower than in most areas. The 23-minute drive time to the city is also much lower than most similar places.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Gordon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80064/gordon/topic/transport