5.0% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Collie · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Collie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Collie compared to the rest of the country, with only 3.1% doing so. This is a car-dependent area where the vast majority of residents rely on private vehicles to get around and reach their workplaces.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Collie have at least one car, and 36.6% have two. Only 5.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure and slightly lower than the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Collie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.0% of people driving themselves. Very few people work from home here—far below the national figure of 21.0%—and only 2.1% use public transport to commute, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
3.1% ▲ +92.5%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -73.8%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 is very limited, with only three bus routes and stops serving the area. This results in just 0.34 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian average.
3
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.34
Lower than 81% 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).
4.1
Lower than 78% 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).
3
Lower than 62% 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.
Getting to the city is a significant journey for residents, with a typical drive time of 148 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for areas at this level.
148
Higher than 90% 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 Collie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51890/collie/topic/transport