0.9% ▲ +54.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chittering · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Chittering
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 1% of households lack a car in Chittering, making it one of the areas with the lowest rates of carless homes in the region. This heavy reliance on private transport is a defining feature of the area, where the vast majority of residents use their own vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 82.9% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 0.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chittering, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 62.5% as the sole driver. While 11.2% of people work from home—which is well above the state figure—only 1.1% use public transport to get to work, a rate well below the state and national averages.
11.2% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 options are very limited, with just one bus route and four stops across the area. This results in a very low number of weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian figure.
4
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.67
Lower than 76% 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).
2.7
Lower than 81% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Reaching the city is a significant trip for locals, with a typical drive time of 76 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
76
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Chittering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51680/chittering/topic/transport