19.2% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Laverton · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Laverton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly one in five homes in Laverton have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This creates a unique transport landscape where car ownership is lower than usual, but public transport options are almost non-existent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 19.2% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 5%. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, it has fallen 5 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Laverton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (20%) and No vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very rare here at just 1.7%, which is far below the national figure. Surprisingly, 14.9% of people use public transport to get to work, far exceeding the state average of 4.7%.
1.7% ▲ +333.2%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
14.9% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 1,623.
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54970/laverton/topic/transport