1.8% ▼ -47.1%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dandaragan · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Dandaragan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A long 122-minute drive to the city makes Dandaragan very remote. Because of this distance and a lack of public transport, almost every home here relies on a car to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. Most households have at least two cars, with 40.6% owning two and 28% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dandaragan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 13.2% work from home. This working-from-home rate has risen slightly since 2011 and is well above the Western Australian figure.
13.2% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 two bus routes and eight stops across the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
8
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.38
Lower than 59% 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).
20.3
Lower than 61% 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).
2
Lower than 67% 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 around the region is dominated by private travel, as the drive time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
122
Higher than 86% 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 Dandaragan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52590/dandaragan/topic/transport