Drummond Cove · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Drummond Cove

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 70% of people in Drummond Cove drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on cars. This is a place where almost every household owns a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the typical Australian suburb.

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📍 Drummond Cove, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 0.8% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average and has fallen since 2011. Over half of all households keep two vehicles, while 16.6% have three.

0.8% ▼ -68.2%

Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Drummond Cove, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

While public transport use has risen slightly to 2.2%, it remains much higher than in most similar areas. Very few people work from home at 3.4%, which is far below the national figure.

3.4% ▼ -14.8%

Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 3.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.2% ▲ +156.7%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Drummond Cove, Car (driver) is the majority at 85%; Car (passenger) is next at 6%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Drummond Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515012/drummond-cove/topic/transport