8.2% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maylands (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Maylands (East Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people in Maylands have gone without a car since 2011, though the area remains a major hub for public transport. About 10.4% of workers use transit to get to their jobs, which is well above the national figure. This reliance on public options is supported by a very high number of transport stops and departures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 8.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. Most households own one or two vehicles, but the share of car-free homes fell 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maylands (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest at this level, at 10.4%, and is far above the Australian figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, 8.8% of people work from home, which is far below the national trend despite rising 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
8.8% ▲ +208.3%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
10.4% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
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.
Maylands has 6.21 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also among the highest at this level, reaching 3,095.1, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 1,623.0.
270
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.21
Higher than 82% 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).
3,095.1
Higher than 97% 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).
32
Higher than 63% 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 Maylands (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53402/maylands/topic/transport