1.7% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gingin · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Gingin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Gingin drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on private cars. Very few homes get by without a vehicle, and public transport options are extremely limited. This makes personal transport essential for most people living in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Gingin has a car, with only 1.7% of households owning no vehicle. This is well below the state and national figures, and the number has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gingin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 11.7% of the workforce, which is well above the Western Australian figure. While 50.7% drive to work, a small number of people use public transport, though this rose slightly since 2011.
11.7% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▲ +95.9%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 3 stops and 2 routes available. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, and all services are buses.
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.
0.54
Lower than 78% 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).
2.9
Lower than 81% 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.
The drive time to the city is 65 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
65
Higher than 54% 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 Gingin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53570/gingin/topic/transport