4.9% —
Lower than 86% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rest of WA · Capital City
Transport & Vehicles in Rest of WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Lower rates of public transport use and access mark the Rest of WA compared to most similar areas. Most households here rely heavily on cars, with only 4.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is consistent across the region's vast landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common, with 38.5% of homes having two vehicles and 31.9% having one. The proportion of households without a car is 4.9%, which is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rest of WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.6% of people as the driver. Public transport use for commuting is lower than most areas at 2.3%, while the 7.1% of people working from home is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
7.1% —
Lower than 75% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% —
Lower than 68% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Public transport is limited, with only 3.96 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the state average. Weekly departures are also far below Western Australia's figure, and the service is almost entirely dependent on buses.
2,119
Lower than 61% of capital city areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.96
Lower than 71% of capital city areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
188.6
Lower than 82% of capital city 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).
70
Lower than 86% of capital city 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 Rest of WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/5RWAU/rest-of-wa/topic/transport