Cunderdin · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in Cunderdin

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

Over 62% of workers in Cunderdin drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in this rural area. Very few homes get by without a vehicle, and public transport options are extremely limited compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Cunderdin, Council (LGA)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 3.8% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have multiple cars, with 36.4% owning two and 20.6% owning three.

3.8% ▲ +83.8%

Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 3.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cunderdin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 11.9% of residents, which is well above the Western Australian average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.7%.

11.9% ▲ +12.8%

Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 10.5%
  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 11.9%

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

0.7% ▼ -53.5%

Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 1.5%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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 Cunderdin, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is limited to trains, with only two routes and four stops serving the area. This results in just 36.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the state average.

3.07

Lower than 52% 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).

36.9

Lower than 55% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The area is remote, with a typical drive time of 99 minutes to reach the city, which is higher than most areas.

99

Higher than 71% 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 Cunderdin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52450/cunderdin/topic/transport