Leonora · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in Leonora

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

About 38% of working residents in Leonora drive themselves to work, making the car the most common way to get around. While many rely on vehicles, a surprising number of homes have no motor vehicle at all. This makes the area quite different from the rest of the state and country.

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📍 Leonora, Council (LGA)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 12.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the state and national figures. This is an increase from 2011, when 10.1% of homes were without a car.

12.9% ▲ +27.5%

Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 10.1%
  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 12.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Leonora, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for work is 12.1%, which is well above the national figure but has fallen 11 points since 2011. Very few people work from home at 2.5%, which is far below the Australian average.

2.5% ▲ +157.6%

Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 2.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

12.1% ▼ -48.4%

Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 23.4%
  • 2016: 20.0%
  • 2021: 12.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In Leonora, Car (driver) is the majority at 53%; Walked is next at 18%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Leonora. This means the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian average.

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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).

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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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Leonora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55040/leonora/topic/transport