7.6% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Daily travel in Mount Lawley is defined by high public transport use and a strong car culture. While the area has an impressive 2,402.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, most residents still rely on a car for their commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 7.6% of households have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Western Australian figure, though the share has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 8.9%, which is well above both the state and national figures. In contrast, only 8.8% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average.
8.8% ▲ +145.5%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.9% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 with 42 different routes, putting it ahead of about 79% of similar places. This helps explain why weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest at this level.
200
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.72
Higher than 53% 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).
2,402.6
Higher than 90% 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).
42
Higher than 78% 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 Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53902/mount-lawley/topic/transport