1.6% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chapman Valley · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Chapman Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops serve Chapman Valley, making it an area where private cars are essential. Almost every home owns at least one vehicle, with 43% of households owning two. This creates a transport landscape where residents rely almost entirely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a motor vehicle, at just 1.6%, which is well below the state and national figures. The area is heavily car-dependent, with 21.2% of homes owning three vehicles and 15.7% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chapman Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, while only 1.3% use public transport, a figure well below the Western Australian average. Those working from home make up 10.7% of the workforce, which is a fall from 14% in 2011.
10.7% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 Chapman Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51610/chapman-valley/topic/transport