4.7% ▼ -66.6%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Magnet · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Magnet
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only one public transport route serves Mount Magnet, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars for getting around. While most homes now own a vehicle, the area has very few public transport options compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership has increased significantly, with the share of homes without a vehicle falling by 9.4 points since 2011 to just 4.7%. Currently, 35.2% of households have one vehicle and 32% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Magnet splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 4 or more at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 38.5% of people, while 16.8% walk. Only 5% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
5.0% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 one stop in the area. This results in just 6.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian average.
1
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.53
Lower than 67% 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).
6.1
Lower than 75% 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).
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mount Magnet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55810/mount-magnet/topic/transport