3.8% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Isabella Plains · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Isabella Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward greater vehicle reliance has shaped Isabella Plains, where very few households now go without a car. While public transport options are more plentiful than in most similar areas, the vast majority of residents still rely on private cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own two cars (39.8%) or one car (33.9%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Isabella Plains, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to work, while 8.6% work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21%. Only 2.7% use public transport for their commute.
8.6% ▲ +281.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
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.
Isabella Plains has 23 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. However, these are all bus services, and the travel time to the city is much higher than in most areas.
23
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.
5.31
Higher than 79% 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).
933.2
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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,355
Higher than 68% 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).
53,631
Higher than 66% 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).
79
Higher than 87% 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.
The area is convenient for local transit, with a very short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. For those driving, the 19-minute trip to the city is much lower than in most other areas.
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.
19
Lower 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)).
- 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 Isabella Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80079/isabella-plains/topic/transport