2.9% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Goomalling · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Goomalling
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Goomalling than in 2011, though the town remains heavily reliant on cars. Very few residents are without a vehicle, and public transport use has fallen to zero. This creates a transport landscape where most people drive or work locally.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 35.6% owning two vehicles and 14.6% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Goomalling, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the state's 4.7%. Instead, 61.8% of workers drive and 15.5% work from home, which is well above the Western Australian average of 7.5%.
15.5% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 one route and three stops serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all available 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.
3.14
Lower than 51% 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).
8.4
Lower than 71% 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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 to the city is a lengthy trip, with a typical drive time of 94 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
94
Higher than 69% 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 Goomalling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53710/goomalling/topic/transport