Corrigin · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in Corrigin

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Over half of the workforce in Corrigin drives themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is a place where very few people go without a vehicle and almost no one uses public transport to get around.

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📍 Corrigin, Council (LGA)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the state and national numbers. Most households have at least two cars, with 36.7% owning two and another 29.5% owning three or more.

1.6% ▼ -73.0%

Lower than 97% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 5.7%
  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 1.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Corrigin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 18.2% of the workforce doing so. This is far above the Western Australian figure, while only 0.6% of residents use public transport to commute.

18.2% ▲ +21.7%

Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 15.0%
  • 2016: 16.0%
  • 2021: 18.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.6% ▲ +6.5%

Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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.

How people get to work

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In Corrigin, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is very limited, with only one route and one stop serving the area. This results in just 5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average.

0.99

Lower than 71% 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).

5.0

Lower than 77% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Corrigin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52100/corrigin/topic/transport