3.0% —
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Joondalup (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Joondalup (North Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Joondalup than the national figure, with only 3% of homes lacking a vehicle. This reliance on cars is balanced by a public transport system that is much more accessible than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, as 42.8% of homes have two vehicles and only 3% have none. This lack of car-free households is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Joondalup (North Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is much higher than in most areas at 5.3%, though 60.1% of workers still drive. Meanwhile, 8.9% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
8.9% —
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.3% —
Higher than 84% 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.
Joondalup has a very strong transit network, with 5.79 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures that are a little above the state figure. Most of this service is provided by buses, which make up 94.9% of public transport modes.
238
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.79
Higher than 74% 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).
1,869.4
Higher than 81% 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).
20
Lower than 67% 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 Joondalup (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52604/joondalup/topic/transport