5.1% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mandurah · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Mandurah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Mandurah than in 2011, though the area remains heavily reliant on cars. While public transport infrastructure is more extensive than in most similar areas, the city's distance from the center makes for long commutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37% owning two and 12.1% owning three. Only 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mandurah splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.5% of residents. Only 6.3% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%, though this has risen since 2011.
6.3% ▲ +90.0%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
Mandurah has 541 public transport stops, giving it more access points per person than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Western Australian figure.
541
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.99
Higher than 83% 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).
1,281.2
Higher than 84% 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).
21
Higher 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.
The drive to the city typically takes 75 minutes, which is longer than most areas. Similarly, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 57 minutes, much higher than in other similar places.
57
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
75
Higher than 59% 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 Mandurah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55110/mandurah/topic/transport