10.2% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Pilbara · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in East Pilbara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in East Pilbara than in most other similar areas. While 16.1% of workers use these services, the region has no formal public transport routes or stops, creating a unique transport landscape for the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. For those who do own cars, the most common setups are two vehicles (36%) or one vehicle (35.4%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →East Pilbara splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is far above the national figure of 3.1%, though it has fallen from 21.3% in 2011. Meanwhile, only 2.0% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
2.0% ▲ +76.1%
Lower than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
16.1% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the region. This puts East Pilbara far below the state average of 5.48 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in East Pilbara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53220/east-pilbara/topic/transport