4.6% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Albany · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Albany
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.7% of working residents use public transport to get to work in Albany. This heavy reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, where the vast majority of households own at least one vehicle. While the town has a decent number of bus stops, very few people use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Albany have two vehicles (38.2%) or one vehicle (33.6%). Only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and a small drop since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Albany splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 69.6% of people commuting as the driver. Working from home is far below the national figure at just 6.5%, and public transport use for work is well below the state average.
6.5% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Albany has 186 public transport stops and 10 routes, which is more than many similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure.
186
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.80
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
201.4
Higher than 61% of council (lga) 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).
10
Higher than 57% of council (lga) 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Albany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50080/albany/topic/transport