5.9% ▲ +178.0%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Thornlie (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Thornlie (East Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of workers in Thornlie drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have one or two vehicles, the area has better access to public transport stops than most similar places. This provides more options for the 4.2% of residents who use public transit for their commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have one or two cars, and 7.6% own four or more. The number of homes without a vehicle rose to 5.9% by 2021, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Thornlie (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at just 4.0%, which is far below the national figure. In contrast, the number of people using public transport to get to work rose to 4.2% since 2011.
4.0% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▲ +108.3%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Thornlie has 274 public transport stops, meaning there are more stops per person than in most similar areas. This access is mainly via bus, which makes up 97.1% of the local network.
274
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.65
Higher than 72% 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).
1,426.3
Higher than 67% 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).
21
Lower than 65% 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 Thornlie (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55202/thornlie/topic/transport