14.9% —
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Perth (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Perth (North Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-one per cent of workers in Perth (North Metropolitan) drive themselves to work, but the area is much more reliant on public transport than most. This is reflected in the high number of people who don't own a car and the extensive network of transit options available to residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 15% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the figures for Western Australia and Australia. This represents a sharp increase from 2016, when only 1.6% of households were without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Perth (North Metropolitan), 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is far above the national and state figures at 14.7%. While 9.2% of people work from home, this is far below the Australian average of 21%.
9.2% —
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
14.7% —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
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 has excellent transit access, with 382 stops and 97 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Western Australian figure, with buses making up 94.1% of all services.
382
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.12
Higher than 91% 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).
7,502.2
Higher than 99% 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).
97
Higher than 88% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Perth (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54304/perth/topic/transport