Perth suburbs where the most people cycle to work
Shenton Park has the highest share, at 5% of residents. Crawley and Nedlands follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 36 eligible Perth suburbs.
This page ranks Perth suburbs by the share of employed residents who travelled to work by bicycle on Census night 2021. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are ranked.
The share is cyclists divided by everyone who travelled to work by any method, including those who worked from home — the ten categories the ABS publishes. It is NOT a share of all residents, which would put children and retirees in the denominator and roughly halve every figure. Percentile ranks are computed within Perth's pool, so the list reflects concentration relative to other metro suburbs. THIS MEASURES WHAT PEOPLE DID, NOT HOW RIDABLE A SUBURB IS. Flat ground and a short trip to work will carry a suburb up this list without a metre of separated cycleway, and a hilly suburb with excellent paths can sit near the bottom. Census night was a single day in August, so weather and shift patterns are in the number too. Descriptive information about how people commuted, not a recommendation or a safety rating.
Perth suburbs where the most people cycle to work
Ranked by the share of employed residents who travelled to work by bicycle on Census night 2021, among suburbs with at least 2,000 residents. This is what people DID, not how ridable a suburb is — a flat inner suburb with short trips can lead the list without much separated cycleway, and a hilly one with good paths can sit low on it.
Shenton Park
WA 6008 · 4,638 residents5.0% of commuters · 98 riders
Crawley
WA 6009 · 3,975 residents3.8% of commuters · 56 riders
Nedlands
WA 6009 · 10,561 residents3.8% of commuters · 172 riders
South Fremantle
WA 6162 · 3,398 residents3.7% of commuters · 55 riders
Mount Hawthorn
WA 6016 · 8,183 residents3.5% of commuters · 136 riders
Fremantle
WA 6160 · 9,251 residents3.3% of commuters · 141 riders
West Leederville
WA 6007 · 4,340 residents3.2% of commuters · 71 riders
Subiaco
WA 6008 · 9,940 residents3.2% of commuters · 154 riders
Kensington
WA 6151 · 4,627 residents3.1% of commuters · 67 riders
Wembley
WA 6014 · 12,061 residents3.1% of commuters · 171 riders
Swanbourne
WA 6010 · 4,592 residents3.0% of commuters · 59 riders
Floreat
WA 6014 · 8,621 residents2.9% of commuters · 113 riders
Perth
WA 6000 · 13,670 residents2.6% of commuters · 185 riders
Beaconsfield
WA 6162 · 5,315 residents2.6% of commuters · 59 riders
Leederville
WA 6007 · 3,686 residents2.6% of commuters · 51 riders
Ranked from 36 qualifying suburbs.
100% share of employed residents who travelled to work by this method on Census night 2021 — that count divided by everyone who travelled to work by any method, work from home included, which is the universe the ABS publishes. It is NOT a share of all residents: that would put children and retirees in the denominator and roughly halve every figure. Percentile-ranked within Perth's candidate pool, and only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents qualify. This records what people DID on one day, not how ridable or well-served a suburb is — flat ground and a short trip will lift a suburb here without any dedicated infrastructure. Descriptive ABS Census data, not a recommendation. See how we calculate for the full methodology.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the perth suburbs where the most people cycle to work?
Shenton Park has the highest share, at 5% of residents. Crawley and Nedlands follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 36 eligible Perth suburbs.
How is this ranking put together?
Each Perth suburb is ranked by the share of its employed residents who travelled to work by bicycle on Census night 2021. The denominator is everyone who travelled to work by any method, including those who worked from home — the ten categories the ABS publishes — not the suburb's whole population. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are included, and percentile ranks are computed within Perth's pool.
Does a high ranking mean a suburb is good for cycling?
No, and the distinction matters. This measures what people DID, not how ridable a place is. Flat ground and a short trip to work will carry a suburb up this list without a metre of separated cycleway, and a hilly suburb with excellent paths can sit near the bottom. For infrastructure, each property page shows the distance to the nearest separated path and the nearest on-road bike lane — a different question with a different answer.
Where does the data come from?
The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census 'method of travel to work' question — the same source as the Commute to Work breakdown on each suburb page. Nothing is estimated or inferred about any individual.
Why does one night in August decide this?
Because that is what the Census asks: how you travelled to work on that specific day, 10 August 2021. Weather, shift patterns and school terms are all inside the figure, and 2021 in particular caught pandemic-era working patterns in several cities. It is a good relative signal between suburbs measured the same way on the same day, and a weak absolute one.
Same list in other cities
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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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