3.6% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Irwin · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Irwin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Irwin, where only 3.6% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a community that relies heavily on its own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least two cars, with 37% owning exactly two and another 23.8% having three or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Irwin splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of the workforce drive themselves to work, and 9.1% work from home, which is a little above the state figure. Only 2% of workers use public transport, a rate that is a little below the national average.
9.1% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 8 stops and 3 bus routes across the area. This results in just 19 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian 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.
2.17
Lower than 61% 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).
19.0
Lower than 62% 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).
3
Lower than 62% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Irwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54060/irwin/topic/transport