10.3% ▼ -27.6%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murchison · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Murchison
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work in Murchison, with 40% of workers choosing this option. The area is largely disconnected from public transport, meaning residents rely heavily on private cars or working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. This is a drop from 2011, when 14.3% of households were without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Murchison splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (29%), with No vehicle at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 37.5%, a figure far above the 21.0% national average. This high rate of remote work and the fact that 40% walk to work helps explain why 0% of people use public transport to commute.
37.5% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 non-existent in Murchison, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the state average and puts the area in the bottom 21% of similar locations for transit access.
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 Murchison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56160/murchison/topic/transport