5.4% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Morley (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Morley (East Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 67% of people in Morley drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have one or two cars, the area has a high number of public transport trips compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 39.1% owning two and 37.2% owning one. Only 5.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the Western Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Morley (East 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 use for commuting is much higher here than in most similar areas, with 5.3% of workers using it. Conversely, only 6.2% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
6.2% ▲ +105.9%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.3% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
The area is well-served by buses, which make up 98.9% of public transport modes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than in most similar areas and sit a little above the Western Australian figure.
220
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.84
Higher than 55% 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).
2,019.6
Higher than 86% 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).
34
Higher 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 Morley (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53802/morley/topic/transport