6.8% —
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Mirrabooka are using public transport to get to work than in most similar areas, though the number of commuters using these services fell from 5.0% to 3.3% since 2016. This area has an exceptionally high number of transit stops and services compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and higher than most similar areas. Most households own one or two cars, with 36.8% having one and 35.5% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at only 4.1%, which is far below the national figure. Most residents drive to work, with 69.7% as the driver and 5.8% as a passenger.
4.1% —
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% —
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 is very accessible in Mirrabooka, with 6.03 stops per 1,000 people and 2,197 weekly departures, both of which are much higher than most areas. All of these services are provided by bus.
290
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.03
Higher than 79% 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).
2,197.0
Higher than 88% 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).
28
Higher than 54% 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 Mirrabooka (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53602/mirrabooka/topic/transport