5.3% —
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cannington (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Cannington (South Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 3,000 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Cannington a highly connected area. This level of service is far above the Western Australian figure and supports a higher-than-average number of people using transit for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 38.5% owning two vehicles. Only 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the state average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cannington (South Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 6.0% of workers, which is much higher than most similar areas. Conversely, working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 4.6%.
4.6% —
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.0% —
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
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 is well-served by 340 public transport stops and 29 routes, which is more than many other areas. This strong access is mostly through buses, which make up 96.2% of the network.
340
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.43
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,945.5
Higher than 95% of state electorate 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).
29
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cannington (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51205/cannington/topic/transport