2.4% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Augusta Margaret River · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Augusta Margaret River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A car is almost essential for daily life in Augusta Margaret River, where only 2.4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is a defining feature of the area, which has very few public transport options compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least two cars, with 44.7% having exactly two and another 21.9% owning three or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Augusta Margaret River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57% of residents, while 12.5% work from home. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 1.2%, which is well below the Western Australian figure.
12.5% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Public transport is very limited here, with only 9 stops and one bus route serving the area. This results in just 0.54 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far below the state average.
9
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.54
Lower than 78% 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).
7.9
Lower than 71% 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Augusta Margaret River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50280/augusta-margaret-river/topic/transport