2.9% —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Riverton (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Riverton (South Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every home in Riverton has a motor vehicle, making cars the dominant way people get around. While car use is very high, the area stands out for having a high number of weekly public transport departures compared to other similar places. This mix suggests a suburb that is heavily car-dependent but well-served by scheduled transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most households own at least two vehicles, with 45.5% of homes having exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Riverton (South Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary choice for 62.4% of workers, while only 9.0% work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21.0%. Public transport use for commuting is 3.8%, which is higher than most similar areas.
9.0% —
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
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.
Riverton has a very high volume of weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Western Australian figure. There are 210 public transport stops in the area, all of which are bus services.
210
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.57
Lower than 51% 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).
2,374.8
Higher than 89% 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).
24
Lower than 57% 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 Riverton (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54505/riverton/topic/transport